1 | If you read this file _as_is_, just ignore the funny characters you |
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2 | see. It is written in the POD format (see pod/perlpod.pod) which is |
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3 | specially designed to be readable as is. |
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4 | |
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5 | =head1 NAME |
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6 | |
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7 | perlwin32 - Perl under Win32 |
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8 | |
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9 | =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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10 | |
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11 | These are instructions for building Perl under Windows NT (versions |
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12 | 3.51 or 4.0), using Visual C++ (versions 2.0 through 5.0) or Borland |
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13 | C++ (version 5.x). Currently, this port may also build under Windows95, |
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14 | but you can expect problems stemming from the unmentionable command |
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15 | shell that infests that platform. Note this caveat is only about |
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16 | B<building> perl. Once built, you should be able to B<use> it on |
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17 | either Win32 platform (modulo the problems arising from the inferior |
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18 | command shell). |
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19 | |
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20 | =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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21 | |
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22 | Before you start, you should glance through the README file |
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23 | found in the top-level directory where the Perl distribution |
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24 | was extracted. Make sure you read and understand the terms under |
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25 | which this software is being distributed. |
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26 | |
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27 | Also make sure you read L<BUGS AND CAVEATS> below for the |
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28 | known limitations of this port. |
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29 | |
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30 | The INSTALL file in the perl top-level has much information that is |
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31 | only relevant to people building Perl on Unix-like systems. In |
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32 | particular, you can safely ignore any information that talks about |
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33 | "Configure". |
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34 | |
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35 | You may also want to look at two other options for building |
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36 | a perl that will work on Windows NT: the README.cygwin32 and |
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37 | README.os2 files, which each give a different set of rules to build |
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38 | a Perl that will work on Win32 platforms. Those two methods will |
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39 | probably enable you to build a more Unix-compatible perl, but you |
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40 | will also need to download and use various other build-time and |
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41 | run-time support software described in those files. |
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42 | |
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43 | This set of instructions is meant to describe a so-called "native" |
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44 | port of Perl to Win32 platforms. The resulting Perl requires no |
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45 | additional software to run (other than what came with your operating |
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46 | system). Currently, this port is capable of using either the |
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47 | Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, or the Borland C++ compiler. The |
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48 | ultimate goal is to support the other major compilers that can |
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49 | generally be used to build Win32 applications. |
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50 | |
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51 | This port currently supports MakeMaker (the set of modules that |
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52 | is used to build extensions to perl). Therefore, you should be |
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53 | able to build and install most extensions found in the CPAN sites. |
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54 | See L<Usage Hints> below for general hints about this. |
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55 | |
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56 | =head2 Setting Up |
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57 | |
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58 | =over 4 |
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59 | |
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60 | =item Command Shell |
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61 | |
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62 | Use the default "cmd" shell that comes with NT. In particular, do |
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63 | *not* use the 4DOS/NT shell. The Makefile has commands that are not |
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64 | compatible with that shell. The Makefile also has known |
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65 | incompatibilites with the default shell that comes with Windows95, |
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66 | so building under Windows95 should be considered "unsupported". |
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67 | |
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68 | =item Borland C++ |
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69 | |
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70 | If you are using the Borland compiler, you will need dmake, a freely |
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71 | available make that has very nice macro features and parallelability. |
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72 | (The make that Borland supplies is seriously crippled, and will not |
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73 | work for MakeMaker builds--if you *have* to bug someone about this, |
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74 | I suggest you bug Borland to fix their make :) |
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75 | |
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76 | A port of dmake for win32 platforms is available from |
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77 | "http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gsar/dmake-4.0-win32.tar.gz". |
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78 | Fetch and install dmake somewhere on your path. Also make sure you |
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79 | copy the Borland dmake.ini file to some location where you keep |
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80 | *.ini files. If you use the binary that comes with the above port, you |
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81 | will need to set INIT in your environment to the directory where you |
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82 | put the dmake.ini file. |
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83 | |
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84 | =item Microsoft Visual C++ |
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85 | |
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86 | The NMAKE that comes with Visual C++ will suffice for building. |
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87 | If you did not choose to always initialize the Visual C++ compilation |
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88 | environment variables when you installed Visual C++ on your system, you |
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89 | will need to run the VCVARS32.BAT file usually found somewhere like |
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90 | C:\MSDEV4.2\BIN. This will set your build environment. |
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91 | |
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92 | You can also use dmake to build using Visual C++, provided: you |
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93 | copied the dmake.ini for Visual C++; set INIT to point to the |
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94 | directory where you put it, as above; and edit win32/config.vc |
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95 | and change "make=nmake" to "make=dmake". The last step is only |
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96 | essential if you want to use dmake to be your default make for |
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97 | building extensions using MakeMaker. |
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98 | |
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99 | =item Permissions |
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100 | |
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101 | Depending on how you extracted the distribution, you have to make sure |
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102 | some of the files are writable by you. The easiest way to make sure of |
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103 | this is to execute: |
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104 | |
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105 | attrib -R *.* /S |
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106 | |
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107 | from the perl toplevel directory. You don't I<have> to do this if you |
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108 | used the right tools to extract the files in the standard distribution, |
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109 | but it doesn't hurt to do so. |
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110 | |
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111 | =back |
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112 | |
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113 | =head2 Building |
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114 | |
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115 | =over 4 |
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116 | |
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117 | =item * |
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118 | |
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119 | Make sure you are in the "win32" subdirectory under the perl toplevel. |
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120 | This directory contains a "Makefile" that will work with |
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121 | versions of NMAKE that come with Visual C++ ver. 2.0 and above, and |
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122 | a dmake "makefile.mk" that will work for both Borland and Visual C++ |
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123 | builds. The defaults in the dmake makefile are setup to build using the |
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124 | Borland compiler. |
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125 | |
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126 | =item * |
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127 | |
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128 | Edit the Makefile (or makefile.mk, if using dmake) and change the values |
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129 | of INST_DRV and INST_TOP if you want perl to be installed in a location |
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130 | other than "C:\PERL". If you are using Visual C++ ver. 2.0, uncomment |
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131 | the line that sets "CCTYPE=MSVC20". |
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132 | |
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133 | You will also have to make sure CCHOME points to wherever you installed |
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134 | your compiler. |
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135 | |
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136 | =item * |
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137 | |
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138 | Type "nmake" (or "dmake" if you are using that make). |
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139 | |
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140 | This should build everything. Specifically, it will create perl.exe, |
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141 | perl.dll, and perlglob.exe at the perl toplevel, and various other |
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142 | extension dll's under the lib\auto directory. If the build fails for |
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143 | any reason, make sure you have done the previous steps correctly. |
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144 | |
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145 | The build process may produce "harmless" compiler warnings (more or |
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146 | less copiously, depending on how picky your compiler gets). The |
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147 | maintainers are aware of these warnings, thankyouverymuch. :) |
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148 | |
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149 | When building using Visual C++, a perl95.exe will also get built. This |
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150 | executable is only needed on Windows95, and should be used instead of |
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151 | perl.exe, and then only if you want sockets to work properly on Windows95. |
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152 | This is necessitated by a bug in the Microsoft C Runtime that cannot be |
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153 | worked around in the "normal" perl.exe. Again, if this bugs you, please |
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154 | bug Microsoft :). perl95.exe gets built with its own private copy of the |
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155 | C Runtime that is not accessible to extensions (which see the DLL version |
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156 | of the CRT). Be aware, therefore, that this perl95.exe will have |
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157 | esoteric problems with extensions like perl/Tk that themselves use the C |
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158 | Runtime heavily, or want to free() pointers malloc()-ed by perl. |
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159 | |
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160 | You can avoid the perl95.exe problems completely if you use Borland |
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161 | C++ for building perl (perl95.exe is not needed and will not be built |
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162 | in that case). |
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163 | |
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164 | =back |
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165 | |
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166 | =head2 Testing |
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167 | |
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168 | Type "nmake test" (or "dmake test"). This will run most of the tests from |
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169 | the testsuite (many tests will be skipped, and but no test should fail). |
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170 | |
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171 | If some tests do fail, it may be because you are using a different command |
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172 | shell than the native "cmd.exe". |
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173 | |
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174 | If you used the Borland compiler, you may see a failure in op/taint.t |
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175 | arising from the inability to find the Borland Runtime DLLs on the system |
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176 | default path. You will need to copy the DLLs reported by the messages |
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177 | from where Borland chose to install it, into the Windows system directory |
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178 | (usually somewhere like C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32), and rerun the test. |
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179 | |
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180 | Please report any other failures as described under L<BUGS AND CAVEATS>. |
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181 | |
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182 | =head2 Installation |
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183 | |
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184 | Type "nmake install" (or "dmake install"). This will put the newly |
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185 | built perl and the libraries under "C:\perl" (actually whatever you set |
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186 | C<INST_TOP> to in the Makefile). It will also install the pod |
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187 | documentation under C<$INST_TOP\lib\pod> and HTML versions of the same |
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188 | under C<$INST_TOP\lib\pod\html>. To use the Perl you just installed, |
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189 | set your PATH environment variable to "C:\perl\bin" (or C<$INST_TOP\bin>, |
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190 | if you changed the default as above). |
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191 | |
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192 | =head2 Usage Hints |
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193 | |
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194 | =over 4 |
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195 | |
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196 | =item Environment Variables |
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197 | |
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198 | The installation paths that you set during the build get compiled |
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199 | into perl, so you don't have to do anything additional to start |
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200 | using that perl (except add its location to your PATH variable). |
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201 | |
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202 | If you put extensions in unusual places, you can set PERL5LIB |
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203 | to a list of paths separated by semicolons where you want perl |
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204 | to look for libraries. Look for descriptions of other environment |
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205 | variables you can set in the perlrun podpage. |
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206 | |
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207 | Sometime in the future, some of the configuration information |
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208 | for perl will be moved into the Windows registry. |
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209 | |
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210 | =item File Globbing |
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211 | |
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212 | By default, perl spawns an external program to do file globbing. |
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213 | The install process installs both a perlglob.exe and a perlglob.bat |
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214 | that perl can use for this purpose. Note that with the default |
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215 | installation, perlglob.exe will be found by the system before |
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216 | perlglob.bat. |
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217 | |
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218 | perlglob.exe relies on the argv expansion done by the C Runtime of |
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219 | the particular compiler you used, and therefore behaves very |
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220 | differently depending on the Runtime used to build it. To preserve |
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221 | compatiblity, perlglob.bat (a perl script/module that can be |
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222 | used portably) is installed. Besides being portable, perlglob.bat |
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223 | also offers enhanced globbing functionality. |
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224 | |
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225 | If you want perl to use perlglob.bat instead of perlglob.exe, just |
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226 | delete perlglob.exe from the install location (or move it somewhere |
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227 | perl cannot find). Using File::DosGlob.pm (which is the same |
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228 | as perlglob.bat) to override the internal CORE::glob() works about 10 |
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229 | times faster than spawing perlglob.exe, and you should take this |
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230 | approach when writing new modules. See File::DosGlob for details. |
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231 | |
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232 | =item Using perl from the command line |
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233 | |
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234 | If you are accustomed to using perl from various command-line |
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235 | shells found in UNIX environments, you will be less than pleased |
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236 | with what Windows NT offers by way of a command shell. |
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237 | |
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238 | The crucial thing to understand about the "cmd" shell (which is |
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239 | the default on Windows NT) is that it does not do any wildcard |
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240 | expansions of command-line arguments (so wildcards need not be |
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241 | quoted). It also provides only rudimentary quoting. The only |
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242 | (useful) quote character is the double quote ("). It can be used to |
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243 | protect spaces in arguments and other special characters. The |
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244 | Windows NT documentation has almost no description of how the |
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245 | quoting rules are implemented, but here are some general observations |
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246 | based on experiments: The shell breaks arguments at spaces and |
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247 | passes them to programs in argc/argv. Doublequotes can be used |
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248 | to prevent arguments with spaces in them from being split up. |
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249 | You can put a double quote in an argument by escaping it with |
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250 | a backslash and enclosing the whole argument within double quotes. |
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251 | The backslash and the pair of double quotes surrounding the |
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252 | argument will be stripped by the shell. |
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253 | |
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254 | The file redirection characters "<", ">", and "|" cannot be quoted |
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255 | by double quotes (there are probably more such). Single quotes |
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256 | will protect those three file redirection characters, but the |
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257 | single quotes don't get stripped by the shell (just to make this |
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258 | type of quoting completely useless). The caret "^" has also |
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259 | been observed to behave as a quoting character (and doesn't get |
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260 | stripped by the shell also). |
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261 | |
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262 | Here are some examples of usage of the "cmd" shell: |
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263 | |
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264 | This prints two doublequotes: |
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265 | |
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266 | perl -e "print '\"\"' " |
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267 | |
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268 | This does the same: |
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269 | |
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270 | perl -e "print \"\\\"\\\"\" " |
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271 | |
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272 | This prints "bar" and writes "foo" to the file "blurch": |
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273 | |
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274 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" > blurch |
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275 | |
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276 | This prints "foo" ("bar" disappears into nowhereland): |
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277 | |
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278 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2> nul |
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279 | |
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280 | This prints "bar" and writes "foo" into the file "blurch": |
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281 | |
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282 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 1> blurch |
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283 | |
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284 | This pipes "foo" to the "less" pager and prints "bar" on the console: |
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285 | |
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286 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" | less |
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287 | |
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288 | This pipes "foo\nbar\n" to the less pager: |
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289 | |
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290 | perl -le "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2>&1 | less |
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291 | |
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292 | This pipes "foo" to the pager and writes "bar" in the file "blurch": |
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293 | |
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294 | perl -e "print 'foo'; print STDERR 'bar'" 2> blurch | less |
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295 | |
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296 | |
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297 | Discovering the usefulness of the "command.com" shell on Windows95 |
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298 | is left as an exercise to the reader :) |
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299 | |
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300 | =item Building Extensions |
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301 | |
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302 | The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) offers a wealth |
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303 | of extensions, some of which require a C compiler to build. |
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304 | Look in http://www.perl.com/ for more information on CPAN. |
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305 | |
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306 | Most extensions (whether they require a C compiler or not) can |
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307 | be built, tested and installed with the standard mantra: |
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308 | |
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309 | perl Makefile.PL |
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310 | $MAKE |
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311 | $MAKE test |
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312 | $MAKE install |
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313 | |
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314 | where $MAKE stands for NMAKE or DMAKE. Some extensions may not |
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315 | provide a testsuite (so "$MAKE test" may not do anything, or fail), |
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316 | but most serious ones do. |
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317 | |
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318 | If a module implements XSUBs, you will need one of the supported |
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319 | C compilers. You must make sure you have set up the environment for |
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320 | the compiler for command-line compilation. |
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321 | |
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322 | If a module does not build for some reason, look carefully for |
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323 | why it failed, and report problems to the module author. If |
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324 | it looks like the extension building support is at fault, report |
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325 | that with full details of how the build failed using the perlbug |
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326 | utility. |
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327 | |
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328 | =item Win32 Specific Extensions |
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329 | |
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330 | A number of extensions specific to the Win32 platform are available |
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331 | from CPAN. You may find that many of these extensions are meant to |
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332 | be used under the Activeware port of Perl, which used to be the only |
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333 | native port for the Win32 platform. Since the Activeware port does not |
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334 | have adequate support for Perl's extension building tools, these |
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335 | extensions typically do not support those tools either, and therefore |
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336 | cannot be built using the generic steps shown in the previous section. |
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337 | |
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338 | To ensure smooth transitioning of existing code that uses the |
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339 | Activeware port, there is a bundle of Win32 extensions that contains |
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340 | all of the Activeware extensions and most other Win32 extensions from |
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341 | CPAN in source form, along with many added bugfixes, and with MakeMaker |
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342 | support. This bundle is available at: |
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343 | |
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344 | http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/GSAR/libwin32-0.08.tar.gz |
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345 | |
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346 | See the README in that distribution for building and installation |
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347 | instructions. Look for later versions that may be available at the |
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348 | same location. |
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349 | |
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350 | It is expected that authors of Win32 specific extensions will begin |
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351 | distributing their work in MakeMaker compatible form subsequent to |
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352 | the 5.004 release of perl, at which point the need for a dedicated |
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353 | bundle such as the above should diminish. |
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354 | |
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355 | =item Running Perl Scripts |
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356 | |
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357 | Perl scripts on UNIX use the "#!" (a.k.a "shebang") line to |
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358 | indicate to the OS that it should execute the file using perl. |
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359 | Win32 has no comparable means to indicate arbitrary files are |
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360 | executables. |
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361 | |
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362 | Instead, all available methods to execute plain text files on |
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363 | Win32 rely on the file "extension". There are three methods |
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364 | to use this to execute perl scripts: |
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365 | |
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366 | =over 8 |
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367 | |
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368 | =item 1 |
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369 | |
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370 | There is a facility called "file extension associations" that will |
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371 | work in Windows NT 4.0. This can be manipulated via the two |
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372 | commands "assoc" and "ftype" that come standard with Windows NT |
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373 | 4.0. Type "ftype /?" for a complete example of how to set this |
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374 | up for perl scripts (Say what? You thought Windows NT wasn't |
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375 | perl-ready? :). |
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376 | |
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377 | =item 2 |
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378 | |
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379 | Since file associations don't work everywhere, and there are |
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380 | reportedly bugs with file associations where it does work, the |
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381 | old method of wrapping the perl script to make it look like a |
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382 | regular batch file to the OS, may be used. The install process |
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383 | makes available the "pl2bat.bat" script which can be used to wrap |
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384 | perl scripts into batch files. For example: |
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385 | |
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386 | pl2bat foo.pl |
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387 | |
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388 | will create the file "FOO.BAT". Note "pl2bat" strips any |
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389 | .pl suffix and adds a .bat suffix to the generated file. |
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390 | |
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391 | If you use the 4DOS/NT or similar command shell, note that |
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392 | "pl2bat" uses the "%*" variable in the generated batch file to |
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393 | refer to all the command line arguments, so you may need to make |
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394 | sure that construct works in batch files. As of this writing, |
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395 | 4DOS/NT users will need a "ParameterChar = *" statement in their |
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396 | 4NT.INI file, or will need to execute "setdos /p*" in the 4DOS/NT |
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397 | startup file to enable this to work. |
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398 | |
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399 | =item 3 |
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400 | |
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401 | Using "pl2bat" has a few problems: the file name gets changed, |
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402 | so scripts that rely on C<$0> to find what they must do may not |
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403 | run properly; running "pl2bat" replicates the contents of the |
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404 | original script, and so this process can be maintenance intensive |
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405 | if the originals get updated often. A different approach that |
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406 | avoids both problems is possible. |
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407 | |
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408 | A script called "runperl.bat" is available that can be copied |
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409 | to any filename (along with the .bat suffix). For example, |
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410 | if you call it "foo.bat", it will run the file "foo" when it is |
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411 | executed. Since you can run batch files on Win32 platforms simply |
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412 | by typing the name (without the extension), this effectively |
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413 | runs the file "foo", when you type either "foo" or "foo.bat". |
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414 | With this method, "foo.bat" can even be in a different location |
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415 | than the file "foo", as long as "foo" is available somewhere on |
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416 | the PATH. If your scripts are on a filesystem that allows symbolic |
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417 | links, you can even avoid copying "runperl.bat". |
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418 | |
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419 | Here's a diversion: copy "runperl.bat" to "runperl", and type |
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420 | "runperl". Explain the observed behavior, or lack thereof. :) |
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421 | Hint: .gnidnats llits er'uoy fi ,"lrepnur" eteled :tniH |
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422 | |
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423 | =back |
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424 | |
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425 | =item Miscellaneous Things |
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426 | |
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427 | A full set of HTML documentation is installed, so you should be |
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428 | able to use it if you have a web browser installed on your |
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429 | system. |
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430 | |
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431 | C<perldoc> is also a useful tool for browsing information contained |
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432 | in the documentation, especially in conjunction with a pager |
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433 | like C<less> (recent versions of which have Win32 support). You may |
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434 | have to set the PAGER environment variable to use a specific pager. |
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435 | "perldoc -f foo" will print information about the perl operator |
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436 | "foo". |
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437 | |
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438 | If you find bugs in perl, you can run C<perlbug> to create a |
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439 | bug report (you may have to send it manually if C<perlbug> cannot |
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440 | find a mailer on your system). |
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441 | |
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442 | =back |
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443 | |
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444 | =head1 BUGS AND CAVEATS |
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445 | |
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446 | This port should be considered beta quality software at the present |
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447 | time because some details are still in flux and there may be |
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448 | changes in any of these areas: build process, installation structure, |
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449 | supported utilities/modules, and supported perl functionality. |
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450 | In particular, functionality specific to the Win32 environment may |
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451 | ultimately be supported as either core modules or extensions. The |
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452 | beta status implies, among other things, that you should be prepared |
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453 | to recompile extensions when binary incompatibilites arise due to |
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454 | changes in the internal structure of the code. |
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455 | |
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456 | An effort has been made to ensure that the DLLs produced by the two |
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457 | supported compilers are compatible with each other (despite the |
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458 | best efforts of the compiler vendors). Extension binaries produced |
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459 | by one compiler should also coexist with a perl binary built by |
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460 | a different compiler. In order to accomplish this, PERL.DLL provides |
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461 | a layer of runtime code that uses the C Runtime that perl was compiled |
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462 | with. Extensions which include "perl.h" will transparently access |
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463 | the functions in this layer, thereby ensuring that both perl and |
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464 | extensions use the same runtime functions. |
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465 | |
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466 | If you have had prior exposure to Perl on Unix platforms, you will notice |
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467 | this port exhibits behavior different from what is documented. Most of the |
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468 | differences fall under one of these categories. We do not consider |
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469 | any of them to be serious limitations (especially when compared to the |
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470 | limited nature of some of the Win32 OSes themselves :) |
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471 | |
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472 | =over 8 |
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473 | |
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474 | =item * |
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475 | |
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476 | C<stat()> and C<lstat()> functions may not behave as documented. They |
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477 | may return values that bear no resemblance to those reported on Unix |
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478 | platforms, and some fields (like the the one for inode) may be completely |
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479 | bogus. |
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480 | |
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481 | =item * |
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482 | |
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483 | The following functions are currently unavailable: C<fork()>, |
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484 | C<dump()>, C<chown()>, C<link()>, C<symlink()>, C<chroot()>, |
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485 | C<setpgrp()>, C<getpgrp()>, C<setpriority()>, C<getpriority()>, |
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486 | C<syscall()>, C<fcntl()>. This list is possibly very incomplete. |
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487 | |
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488 | =item * |
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489 | |
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490 | crypt() is not available due to silly export restrictions. It may |
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491 | become available when the laws change. Meanwhile, look in CPAN for |
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492 | extensions that provide it. |
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493 | |
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494 | =item * |
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495 | |
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496 | Various C<socket()> related calls are supported, but they may not |
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497 | behave as on Unix platforms. |
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498 | |
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499 | =item * |
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500 | |
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501 | The four-argument C<select()> call is only supported on sockets. |
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502 | |
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503 | =item * |
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504 | |
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505 | C<$?> ends up with the exitstatus of the subprocess (this is different |
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506 | from Unix, where the exitstatus is actually given by "$? >> 8"). |
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507 | Failure to spawn() the subprocess is indicated by setting $? to |
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508 | "255<<8". This is subject to change. |
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509 | |
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510 | =item * |
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511 | |
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512 | Building modules available on CPAN is mostly supported, but this |
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513 | hasn't been tested much yet. Expect strange problems, and be |
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514 | prepared to deal with the consequences. |
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515 | |
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516 | =item * |
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517 | |
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518 | C<utime()>, C<times()> and process-related functions may not |
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519 | behave as described in the documentation, and some of the |
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520 | returned values or effects may be bogus. |
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521 | |
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522 | =item * |
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523 | |
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524 | Signal handling may not behave as on Unix platforms (where it |
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525 | doesn't exactly "behave", either :). For instance, calling C<die()> |
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526 | or C<exit()> from signal handlers will cause an exception, since most |
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527 | implementations of C<signal()> on Win32 are severely crippled. |
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528 | Thus, signals may work only for simple things like setting a flag |
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529 | variable in the handler. Using signals under this port should |
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530 | currently be considered unsupported. |
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531 | |
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532 | =item * |
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533 | |
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534 | File globbing may not behave as on Unix platforms. In particular, |
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535 | if you don't use perlglob.bat for globbing, it will understand |
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536 | wildcards only in the filename component (and not in the pathname). |
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537 | In other words, something like "print <*/*.pl>" will not print all the |
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538 | perl scripts in all the subdirectories one level under the current one |
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539 | (like it does on UNIX platforms). perlglob.exe is also dependent on |
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540 | the particular implementation of wildcard expansion in the vendor |
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541 | libraries used to build it (which varies wildly at the present time). |
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542 | Using perlglob.bat (or File::DosGlob) avoids these limitations, but |
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543 | still only provides DOS semantics (read "warts") for globbing. |
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544 | |
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545 | =back |
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546 | |
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547 | Please send detailed descriptions of any problems and solutions that |
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548 | you may find to <F<perlbug@perl.com>>, along with the output produced |
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549 | by C<perl -V>. |
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550 | |
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551 | =head1 AUTHORS |
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552 | |
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553 | =over 4 |
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554 | |
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555 | Gary Ng E<lt>71564.1743@CompuServe.COME<gt> |
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556 | |
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557 | Gurusamy Sarathy E<lt>gsar@umich.eduE<gt> |
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558 | |
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559 | Nick Ing-Simmons E<lt>nick@ni-s.u-net.comE<gt> |
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560 | |
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561 | =back |
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562 | |
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563 | This document is maintained by Gurusamy Sarathy. |
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564 | |
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565 | =head1 SEE ALSO |
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566 | |
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567 | L<perl> |
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568 | |
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569 | =head1 HISTORY |
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570 | |
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571 | This port was originally contributed by Gary Ng around 5.003_24, |
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572 | and borrowed from the Hip Communications port that was available |
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573 | at the time. |
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574 | |
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575 | Nick Ing-Simmons and Gurusamy Sarathy have made numerous and |
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576 | sundry hacks since then. |
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577 | |
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578 | Borland support was added in 5.004_01 (Gurusamy Sarathy). |
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579 | |
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580 | Last updated: 25 July 1997 |
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581 | |
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582 | =cut |
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583 | |
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