Re: about perl5.002

Jim Anderson (jander@lehman.com)
Tue, 27 Aug 1996 11:30:18 -0400 

> Hi. I install perl5.002 in my home directory !I write a perl program 
> . The first line in my program are 
>       #!/home/u2/stutest/local/bin/perl
>   then I chmod a+x the perl program 
>   .The program can not work ,and the message is no command found !!
>  So I use 
>       #!perl
> it can work!!
> Why?
>     Thanks!!

You're most likely being bitten by the infamous "32-byte limit":

	'#!/home/u2/stutest/local/bin/perl' is 33 bytes long!

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