shebang

japhy — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 13:18:46 +0000

The "shebang" line is the first line of a Perl program (or a shell script, or Python program, or any other interpreted language) which tells the operating system where the ACTUAL interpreter for the language is.

You should always include it, no matter WHAT PEOPLE TELL YOU about Windows or PWS or this or that. Use it.

And make sure you have the right path. If PERL.EXE is installed in C:\PERL\BIN\PERL.EXE, your shebang line should look like #!c:/perl/bin/perl -- yes, that's right, you can (and should) use lower case letters, and you can (and should) use FORWARD slashes. Even better, if the web server itself is ALSO on the C: drive, you can just use #!/perl/bin/perl as your shebang line.

Problem with script

Nico — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 12:25:38 +0000

Thanks guys for answering..
Have another question.
I am using a CGI written in Perl to send a html form. The script says that I need something called "the she bang line"
do you have any idea what is that? Can I try it before uploading it to the PWS?
Thanks!

Mark Hensler — Thu, 07 Dec 2000 07:27:49 +0000

I like japhy's better . More info, and I like the examples. They help visual what's happening.

japhy — Wed, 06 Dec 2000 12:55:30 +0000

I also wrote up a bit of an email about crypt() for one of the Perl mailing lists I'm on. Check it out at http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/docs/crypt

Rob Pengelly — Wed, 06 Dec 2000 12:36:01 +0000

perldoc -f crypt
or
http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/func/crypt.html