-#!perl -w
+ eval 'exec perl -x -S "$0" ${1+"$@"}'
+ if 0; # In case running under some shell
+
require 5;
use Getopt::Std;
+use Config;
$0 =~ s|.*[/\\]||;
my $usage = <<EOT;
-Usage: $0 [-h] [-a argstring] [-s stripsuffix] [files]
+Usage: $0 [-h]
+ or: $0 [-w] [-u] [-a argstring] [-s stripsuffix] [files]
+ or: $0 [-w] [-u] [-n ntargs] [-o otherargs] [-s stripsuffix] [files]
+ -n ntargs arguments to invoke perl with in generated file
+ when run from Windows NT. Defaults to
+ '-x -S %0 %*'.
+ -o otherargs arguments to invoke perl with in generated file
+ other than when run from Windows NT. Defaults
+ to '-x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9'.
-a argstring arguments to invoke perl with in generated file
- Defaults to "-x -S %0 %*" on WindowsNT,
- "-x -S %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9" otherwise
+ ignoring operating system (for compatibility
+ with previous pl2bat versions).
+ -u update files that may have already been processed
+ by (some version of) pl2bat.
+ -w include "-w" on the /^#!.*perl/ line (unless
+ a /^#!.*perl/ line was already present).
-s stripsuffix strip this suffix from file before appending ".bat"
- Not case-sensitive
+ Not case-sensitive
Can be a regex if it begins with `/'
- Defaults to "/\.pl/"
+ Defaults to "/\.plx?/"
-h show this help
EOT
my %OPT = ();
-warn($usage), exit(0) if !getopts('ha:s:',\%OPT) or $OPT{'h'};
-$OPT{'a'} = ($^O eq 'MSWin32' and &Win32::IsWinNT
- ? '-x -S %0 %*'
- : '-x -S %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9')
- unless exists $OPT{'a'};
-($OPT{'a2'} = $OPT{'a'} ) =~ s/\%0/\%0.bat/g;
-$OPT{'s'} = '.pl' unless exists $OPT{'s'};
-$OPT{'s'} = ($OPT{'s'} =~ m|^/([^/]*)| ? $1 : "\Q$OPT{'s'}\E");
-
-(my $head = <<EOT) =~ s/^\t//gm;
+warn($usage), exit(0) if !getopts('whun:o:a:s:',\%OPT) or $OPT{'h'};
+# NOTE: %0 is already enclosed in doublequotes by cmd.exe, as appropriate
+$OPT{'n'} = '-x -S %0 %*' unless exists $OPT{'n'};
+$OPT{'o'} = '-x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9' unless exists $OPT{'o'};
+$OPT{'s'} = '/\\.plx?/' unless exists $OPT{'s'};
+$OPT{'s'} = ($OPT{'s'} =~ m#^/([^/]*[^/\$]|)\$?/?$# ? $1 : "\Q$OPT{'s'}\E");
+
+my $head;
+if( defined( $OPT{'a'} ) ) {
+ $head = <<EOT;
\@rem = '--*-Perl-*--
\@echo off
- if not exist \%0.bat goto over
- perl $OPT{'a2'}
- goto endofperl
- :over
perl $OPT{'a'}
goto endofperl
\@rem ';
EOT
+} else {
+ $head = <<EOT;
+ \@rem = '--*-Perl-*--
+ \@echo off
+ if "%OS%" == "Windows_NT" goto WinNT
+ perl $OPT{'o'}
+ goto endofperl
+ :WinNT
+ perl $OPT{'n'}
+ if NOT "%COMSPEC%" == "%SystemRoot%\\system32\\cmd.exe" goto endofperl
+ if %errorlevel% == 9009 echo You do not have Perl in your PATH.
+ if errorlevel 1 goto script_failed_so_exit_with_non_zero_val 2>nul
+ goto endofperl
+ \@rem ';
+EOT
+}
+$head =~ s/^\t//gm;
my $headlines = 2 + ($head =~ tr/\n/\n/);
-my $tail = "__END__\n:endofperl\n";
+my $tail = "\n__END__\n:endofperl\n";
@ARGV = ('-') unless @ARGV;
-process(@ARGV);
+foreach ( @ARGV ) {
+ process($_);
+}
sub process {
- LOOP:
- foreach ( @_ ) {
- my $myhead = $head;
- my $linedone = 0;
- my $linenum = $headlines;
- my $line;
- open( FILE, $_ ) or die "$0: Can't open $_: $!";
- @file = <FILE>;
- foreach $line ( @file ) {
- $linenum++;
- if ( $line =~ /^:endofperl/) {
- warn "$0: $_ has already been converted to a batch file!\n";
- next LOOP;
+ my( $file )= @_;
+ my $myhead = $head;
+ my $linedone = 0;
+ my $taildone = 0;
+ my $linenum = 0;
+ my $skiplines = 0;
+ my $line;
+ my $start= $Config{startperl};
+ $start= "#!perl" unless $start =~ /^#!.*perl/;
+ open( FILE, $file ) or die "$0: Can't open $file: $!";
+ @file = <FILE>;
+ foreach $line ( @file ) {
+ $linenum++;
+ if ( $line =~ /^:endofperl\b/ ) {
+ if( ! exists $OPT{'u'} ) {
+ warn "$0: $file has already been converted to a batch file!\n";
+ return;
}
- if ( not $linedone and $line =~ /^#!.*perl/ ) {
- $line .= "#line $linenum\n";
- $linedone++;
+ $taildone++;
+ }
+ if ( not $linedone and $line =~ /^#!.*perl/ ) {
+ if( exists $OPT{'u'} ) {
+ $skiplines = $linenum - 1;
+ $line .= "#line ".(1+$headlines)."\n";
+ } else {
+ $line .= "#line ".($linenum+$headlines)."\n";
}
- }
- close( FILE );
- s/$OPT{'s'}$//oi;
- $_ .= '.bat' unless /\.bat$/i or /^-$/;
- open( FILE, ">$_" ) or die "Can't open $_: $!";
- print FILE $myhead;
- print FILE "#!perl\n#line " . ($headlines+1) . "\n" unless $linedone;
- print FILE @file, $tail;
- close( FILE );
+ $linedone++;
+ }
+ if ( $line =~ /^#\s*line\b/ and $linenum == 2 + $skiplines ) {
+ $line = "";
+ }
}
+ close( FILE );
+ $file =~ s/$OPT{'s'}$//oi;
+ $file .= '.bat' unless $file =~ /\.bat$/i or $file =~ /^-$/;
+ open( FILE, ">$file" ) or die "Can't open $file: $!";
+ print FILE $myhead;
+ print FILE $start, ( $OPT{'w'} ? " -w" : "" ),
+ "\n#line ", ($headlines+1), "\n" unless $linedone;
+ print FILE @file[$skiplines..$#file];
+ print FILE $tail unless $taildone;
+ close( FILE );
}
__END__
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<pl2bat> [B<-h>] S<[B<-a> I<argstring>]> S<[B<-s> I<stripsuffix>]> [files]
+B<pl2bat> B<-h>
+
+B<pl2bat> [B<-w>] S<[B<-a> I<argstring>]> S<[B<-s> I<stripsuffix>]> [files]
+
+B<pl2bat> [B<-w>] S<[B<-n> I<ntargs>]> S<[B<-o> I<otherargs>]> S<[B<-s> I<stripsuffix>]> [files]
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This utility converts a perl script into a batch file that can be
-executed on DOS-like operating systems.
+executed on DOS-like operating systems. This is intended to allow
+you to use a Perl script like regular programs and batch files where
+you just enter the name of the script [probably minus the extension]
+plus any command-line arguments and the script is found in your B<PATH>
+and run.
+
+=head2 ADVANTAGES
+
+There are several alternatives to this method of running a Perl script.
+They each have disadvantages that help you understand the motivation
+for using B<pl2bat>.
+
+=over
+
+=item 1
+
+ C:> perl x:/path/to/script.pl [args]
+
+=item 2
+
+ C:> perl -S script.pl [args]
+
+=item 3
+
+ C:> perl -S script [args]
+
+=item 4
+
+ C:> ftype Perl=perl.exe "%1" %*
+ C:> assoc .pl=Perl
+ then
+ C:> script.pl [args]
+
+=item 5
+
+ C:> ftype Perl=perl.exe "%1" %*
+ C:> assoc .pl=Perl
+ C:> set PathExt=%PathExt%;.PL
+ then
+ C:> script [args]
+
+=back
+
+B<1> and B<2> are the most basic invocation methods that should work on
+any system [DOS-like or not]. They require extra typing and require
+that the script user know that the script is written in Perl. This
+is a pain when you have lots of scripts, some written in Perl and some
+not. It can be quite difficult to keep track of which scripts need to
+be run through Perl and which do not. Even worse, scripts often get
+rewritten from simple batch files into more powerful Perl scripts in
+which case these methods would require all existing users of the scripts
+be updated.
+
+B<3> works on modern Win32 versions of Perl. It allows the user to
+omit the ".pl" or ".bat" file extension, which is a minor improvement.
+
+B<4> and B<5> work on some Win32 operating systems with some command
+shells. One major disadvantage with both is that you can't use them
+in pipelines nor with file redirection. For example, none of the
+following will work properly if you used method B<4> or B<5>:
+
+ C:> script.pl <infile
+ C:> script.pl >outfile
+ C:> echo y | script.pl
+ C:> script.pl | more
+
+This is due to a Win32 bug which Perl has no control over. This bug
+is the major motivation for B<pl2bat> [which was originally written
+for DOS] being used on Win32 systems.
+
+Note also that B<5> works on a smaller range of combinations of Win32
+systems and command shells while B<4> requires that the user know
+that the script is a Perl script [because the ".pl" extension must
+be entered]. This makes it hard to standardize on either of these
+methods.
+
+=head2 DISADVANTAGES
+
+There are several potential traps you should be aware of when you
+use B<pl2bat>.
+
+The generated batch file is initially processed as a batch file each
+time it is run. This means that, to use it from within another batch
+file you should preceed it with C<call> or else the calling batch
+file will not run any commands after the script:
+
+ call script [args]
-Note that by default, the ".pl" suffix will be stripped before adding
-a ".bat" suffix to the supplied file names. This can be controlled
-with the C<-s> option.
+Except under Windows NT, if you specify more than 9 arguments to
+the generated batch file then the 10th and subsequent arguments
+are silently ignored.
-The default behavior on WindowsNT is to generate a batch file that
+Except when using F<CMD.EXE> under Windows NT, if F<perl.exe> is not
+in your B<PATH>, then trying to run the script will give you a generic
+"Command not found"-type of error message that will probably make you
+think that the script itself is not in your B<PATH>. When using
+F<CMD.EXE> under Windows NT, the generic error message is followed by
+"You do not have Perl in your PATH", to make this clearer.
+
+On most DOS-like operating systems, the only way to exit a batch file
+is to "fall off the end" of the file. B<pl2bat> implements this by
+doing C<goto :endofperl> and adding C<__END__> and C<:endofperl> as
+the last two lines of the generated batch file. This means:
+
+=over
+
+=item No line of your script should start with a colon.
+
+In particular, for this version of B<pl2bat>, C<:endofperl>,
+C<:WinNT>, and C<:script_failed_so_exit_with_non_zero_val> should not
+be used.
+
+=item Care must be taken when using C<__END__> and the C<DATA> file handle.
+
+One approach is:
+
+ . #!perl
+ . while( <DATA> ) {
+ . last if /^__END__$/;
+ . [...]
+ . }
+ . __END__
+ . lines of data
+ . to be processed
+ . __END__
+ . :endofperl
+
+The dots in the first column are only there to prevent F<cmd.exe> to interpret
+the C<:endofperl> line in this documentation. Otherwise F<pl2bat.bat> itself
+wouldn't work. See the previous item. :-)
+
+=item The batch file always "succeeds"
+
+The following commands illustrate the problem:
+
+ C:> echo exit(99); >fail.pl
+ C:> pl2bat fail.pl
+ C:> perl -e "print system('perl fail.pl')"
+ 99
+ C:> perl -e "print system('fail.bat')"
+ 0
+
+So F<fail.bat> always reports that it completed successfully. Actually,
+under Windows NT, we have:
+
+ C:> perl -e "print system('fail.bat')"
+ 1
+
+So, for Windows NT, F<fail.bat> fails when the Perl script fails, but
+the return code is always C<1>, not the return code from the Perl script.
+
+=back
+
+=head2 FUNCTION
+
+By default, the ".pl" suffix will be stripped before adding a ".bat" suffix
+to the supplied file names. This can be controlled with the C<-s> option.
+
+The default behavior is to have the batch file compare the C<OS>
+environment variable against C<"Windows_NT">. If they match, it
uses the C<%*> construct to refer to all the command line arguments
that were given to it, so you'll need to make sure that works on your
-variant of the command shell. It is known to work in the cmd.exe shell
-under WindowsNT. 4DOS/NT users will want to put a C<ParameterChar = *>
+variant of the command shell. It is known to work in the F<CMD.EXE> shell
+under Windows NT. 4DOS/NT users will want to put a C<ParameterChar = *>
line in their initialization file, or execute C<setdos /p*> in
-the shell startup file. On Windows95 and other platforms a nine
-argument limit is imposed on command-line arguments given to the
-generated batch file, since they may not support C<%*> in batch files.
-This can be overridden using the C<-a> option.
+the shell startup file.
+
+On Windows95 and other platforms a nine-argument limit is imposed
+on command-line arguments given to the generated batch file, since
+they may not support C<%*> in batch files.
+
+These can be overridden using the C<-n> and C<-o> options or the
+deprecated C<-a> option.
=head1 OPTIONS
=over 8
+=item B<-n> I<ntargs>
+
+Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file when run from
+Windows NT (or Windows 98, probably). Defaults to S<'-x -S %0 %*'>.
+
+=item B<-o> I<otherargs>
+
+Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file except when
+run from Windows NT (ie. when run from DOS, Windows 3.1, or Windows 95).
+Defaults to S<'-x -S "%0" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9'>.
+
=item B<-a> I<argstring>
-Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file. Defaults to
-S<"-x -S %0 %*"> on WindowsNT, S<"-x -S %0 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9">
-on other platforms.
+Arguments to invoke perl with in generated batch file. Specifying
+B<-a> prevents the batch file from checking the C<OS> environment
+variable to determine which operating system it is being run from.
=item B<-s> I<stripsuffix>
Strip a suffix string from file name before appending a ".bat"
-suffix. The suffix is not case-sensitive. It can be a regex if it
-begins with `/' (the trailing '/' being optional. Defaults to ".pl".
+suffix. The suffix is not case-sensitive. It can be a regex if
+it begins with `/' (the trailing '/' is optional and a trailing
+C<$> is always assumed). Defaults to C</.plx?/>.
+
+=item B<-w>
+
+If no line matching C</^#!.*perl/> is found in the script, then such
+a line is inserted just after the new preamble. The exact line
+depends on C<$Config{startperl}> [see L<Config>]. With the B<-w>
+option, C<" -w"> is added after the value of C<$Config{startperl}>.
+If a line matching C</^#!.*perl/> already exists in the script,
+then it is not changed and the B<-w> option is ignored.
+
+=item B<-u>
+
+If the script appears to have already been processed by B<pl2bat>,
+then the script is skipped and not processed unless B<-u> was
+specified. If B<-u> is specified, the existing preamble is replaced.
=item B<-h>
print scalar reverse "rekcah lrep rehtona tsuj\n";
^Z
[..another.bat is now a certified japh application..]
+
+ C:\> ren *.bat *.pl
+ C:\> pl2bat -u *.pl
+ [..updates the wrapping of some previously wrapped scripts..]
+
+ C:\> pl2bat -u -s .bat *.bat
+ [..same as previous example except more dangerous..]
=head1 BUGS
when the generated batch file runs. If you don't like this,
see runperl.bat for an alternative way to invoke perl scripts.
-Default behavior is to invoke Perl with the -S flag, so Perl will
-search the PATH to find the script. This may have undesirable
+Default behavior is to invoke Perl with the B<-S> flag, so Perl will
+search the B<PATH> to find the script. This may have undesirable
effects.
+On really old versions of Win32 Perl, you can't run the script
+via
+
+ C:> script.bat [args]
+
+and must use
+
+ C:> script [args]
+
+A loop should be used to build up the argument list when not on
+Windows NT so more than 9 arguments can be processed.
+
+See also L</Disadvantages>.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
perl, perlwin32, runperl.bat