On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Troy Johnson wrote: > What is the first line of the script? > > If it isn't there already, perhaps you can add the -w switch and get more info from the script (or add it on the command line 'perl -w SCRIPTNAME'). > > If all else fails you could use the debug switch (-d)... This is strange. When I add the -w switch, the program runs! It doesn't even send back any error messages. It just runs as it is supposed to. Same with the debug switch. That did the trick. I wonder why it is doing that? Thanks for the help! > > >>> jamie at getsetnet.net 03/09/01 10:37AM >>> > > > When I type /usr/bin/perl SCRIPTNAME > > - the program runs fine. > > > and when I type which perl, I get: > > [jamie at floyd jamie]$ which perl > /usr/bin/perl > [jamie at floyd jamie]$ > > > BTW, the script is set chmod 777 as well. > > - Jme > > > > > > > > On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Jim Crumley wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 10:15:45AM -0600, Jamie Ostrowski wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yeah I have tried all these things but unfortunately none of them > > > work. I am a bit suspicious of one thing though. I am running Red Hat 6.2 > > > and I installed Mandrake RPM's for the latest version of perl. I am > > > beginning to suspect there was something wrong with that. Maybe I needed > > > to use RedHat RPM's instead, but I thought Mandrake would be compatible. > > > > Well, what happens if you do /usr/bin/perl SCRIPTNAME? What do you > > get if you type "which perl"? > > > > > > -- "It is a mistake to let any mechanical object realise that you are in a hurry." --Ralph