a question about perl scripts

[Simon Andrews]

Scott Berry wrote:
> Hello there,
>  
> I have a perl script which I made a directory for in my home directory 
> and I am currently unable to get the file to run.  What permissions 
> should be put on a pl file?  I am assuming read and execute.

Correct, the file needs to be readable and executable by whoever is 
going to be running it.  The first line of the file (the #! line) must 
also point to the correct location of the perl interpreter 
(#!/usr/bin/perl).

Normally you'd use something like

chmod 755 script.pl

..to make the script executable by anyone with read permissions on the 
directory it's in, and make it editable by you.

You should of course be able to run any perl script with just read 
permissions by doing:

perl script.pl

If you're still having problems then post the output you get when you 
try to run the script.

Hope this helps

Simon.