windowsperlactiveperl

How can I force a Perl script to use ActiveState's wperl?

I have a Perl script that requires two command line arguments that takes a while to run. I am using ActiveState Perl to run it. I can call it with 

wperl script.pl arg1 arg2
from a command prompt and it runs in the background fine. If I change the .pl association from perl.exe to wperl.exe and call it with 
script.pl arg1 arg2
the arguments don’t get passed. Is there something similar to the #!/usr/bin/perl like I can use to force wperl to get used?

Solution

  • What you can do is change the file association with regards to wperl.exe in the Tools > Folder Options > File Types in any Explorer window and update the .pl extension through Advanced > Open > Edit command line to 

    {Path to wperl}\wperl.exe "%1" %*

    This ensures that all the command line arguments (%*) are passed to wperl.exe whenever you call your script using 

    script.pl arg1 arg2