Eben King wrote:
>>Investigating it a bit it seems that the major
>>difference is perl scripts can be executable?
>
>
> Lost the thread. The difference between perl scripts and what?
PHP I think it was....
PHP cannot be compiled into an executable whereas
Perl can...I think that was what I was wondering?
> But anyway, in Un*x, any file can be executable.
!? ...:)
> It doesn't depend on the
> file's name as it does in some other OSes. Permissions are metadata, stored
> along with the file's name, dates, ownership, etc.
>
> If the user asks to run a particular file (usually by typing its name), it's
> up to the OS to figure out how to run it. It looks to see if the first two
> characters are "#!". If they are, the OS treats the rest on the line as an
> interpreter (so the file is a script -- perl, bash, expect, or
> what-have-you) and feeds the file to it.
Hmmm. Slightly confused now...:) A good thing.
This must be one of those grey areas....
So, is there any easy way to tell which files are
binary and which are ascii? I notice in this
microdistro tht the Perl scripts are listed as
executbles as indicated by their color (ansi I guess)
Chris
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