Generating executables for macosx and windows from perl scripts

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Adam Witney - 24 Aug 2005 13:04 GMT

Hi,

I develop my perl scripts on OSX but I need to be able to generate
executables for both OSX as well as windows. They won't need any graphical
stuff, just a double clickable file that will do its stuff.

Any ideas on what's the easiest way of doing this?

Thanks for any help

Adam

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Morbus Iff - 24 Aug 2005 16:36 GMT

> I develop my perl scripts on OSX but I need to be able to generate
> executables for both OSX as well as windows. They won't need any graphical
> stuff, just a double clickable file that will do its stuff.
>
> Any ideas on what's the easiest way of doing this?

Give the script execute permissions
and rename it with a .command extension?

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Adam Witney - 24 Aug 2005 16:41 GMT

>> I develop my perl scripts on OSX but I need to be able to generate
>> executables for both OSX as well as windows. They won't need any graphical
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> Give the script execute permissions
> and rename it with a .command extension?

Ok for OSX, but this won't work on Windows will it?

Thanks

Adam

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Doug McNutt - 24 Aug 2005 18:14 GMT

>Give the script execute permissions
>and rename it with a .command extension?

That's OS neXt only, not peecee. So is this:

It's also possible to make a script into a package that will be double-clickable directly from Finder without involving Terminal.app with a .command extension.

<ftp://ftp.macnauchtan.com/Software/PrepAPPL/ReadMe_PrepAPPL.text> 5 kB
<ftp://ftp.macnauchtan.com/Software/PrepAPPL/PrepAPPL.scr> 3 kB

are an attempt at automating that process for 10.3.

It's also possible, and somewhat easier, to make up an AppleScript application which does nothing more than a "do shell script" pointed to a UNIX executable.

As for Windoze; How about Linux on that box? A Knoppix CD-ROM?

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Generating executables for macosx and windows from perl scripts