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Windows / Linux PERL shebang conversion


I use WAMP and Starberry PERL on a windows PC to write PERL CGI scripts. The shebang for a linux based cgi script is usually #!/usr/bin/perl. The Windows shebang for me is #!C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe

There are all sorts of ‘fixes’ for this so you can just use the linux one.

I think the following is the easiest solution.

No need to edit apache.conf or edit the rgistry!

I used a windows symbolic link to redirect apache requests for /usr to go to C:\Strawberry\perl

This allows 

#!/usr/bin/perl 

to look like this

#!C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe

to apache.

Run this in an admin cmd prompt:

mklink /D c:\usr C:\Strawberry\perl