newbie problems.......

I'm runnning under a Windows system, but in order to test my perl programs, I must place them under C:/perl/bin......can I fix this...

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SwEdE[oelbal]n

I'm not to vers with perl/win combo, but I think if the command you give at the command promp is "perl asdf.pl" then it will execute asdf.pl.

You need to setup the PATH enviroment variable to point to the cerlbin directory. If you run Win 95/98 edit the autoexec.bat file and find in it the PATH variable. Then simply add the above path to the end of this line.

If you need more help, just say...

>>Then simply add the above path to the end of this line

Yes. Something like this...

SET PATH=C:PERLBIN;%PATH%

Well, I looked up the autoexec.bat in the C: directory, but I didn't find any PATH thing....maybe I'm a bit stupid, (and my english isn't very good either)......

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SwEdE[oelbal]n

>>I looked up the autoexec.bat in the C: directory, but I didn't find any PATH thing

Yes, you can't find that line. You need to add it yourself.

If your perl.exe is in C:PERLBIN, add this to your autoexec.bat

SET PATH=C:PERLBIN;%PATH%

another approach.......

go to http://www.activestate.com
and download a copy of their Perl port. It
will come with a setup.exe which will take care of the path/registry problems. Also, their Perl bundle includes a utility called PPM (perl package manager). It allows you to easily install modules like CGI, Tk, etc.

good luck.