Perl Executable

[Jeffery Malloch]

> Hi,

>
> When setting the perl executable in the code like this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> Is there a way of setting the path used to some variable and use it like
> this:
>
> #!$PERL
>
> or something along those lines?
>
> Thanks,
>
> JM

[Tim Johnson]

Why not just do it from your shell?

'path/to/perl scriptname' works quite nicely, so why not just make an
alias for the path to perl?


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffery Malloch [mailto:jmall@lsil.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:08 AM
To: 'beginners@perl.org'
Subject: Perl Executable

> #!/usr/bin/perl
>
> Is there a way of setting the path used to some variable and use it
> like
> this:
>
> #!$PERL