Re: How to tell 32 or 64 bit

[bulk88]

A 32 bit perl.

C:\p517\perl>perl -v

This is perl 5, version 17, subversion 5 (v5.17.5 (v5.17.4-47-g432d456
+)) built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread

A 64 bit perl.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop>perl -v

This is perl 5, version 14, subversion 2 (v5.14.2) built for MSWin32-x
+64-multi-thread

To get it in a script

C:\p517\perl>perl -MConfig -e  "print $Config{archname}"
MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
C:\p517\perl>

[flexvault]

bulk88,

I just used your code:

email7: perl -MConfig -E  'say $Config{archname};'

for 4 different Perls built on Linux and 3 built on AIX/Unix computers and none of them had 32 or 64 in the response. I then looped on the %Config hash with 'grep 32' for all platforms and nothing looks consistent between Linux and AIX/Unix. If the original question was for Windows, I guess it works, but it doesn't seem to be a platform independent solution.

Just a heads-up...Ed

Update: After commenting, I reread the original post and you're solution was right on for windows.