Calling perl script from Pinnacle

[Mihaly Simon]

Hi listers,

I want to call an external perl script from Pinnacle with SpawnCommand. I have to create the command every time the script is executed, because it passes the current patient directory as an argument to the perl script. So my concatenated command looks like: `perl 1.1.7.pl /pinnacle_patient_expansion/NewPatients/Institiotion_....`
When I run this command from xterm it is fine, but from Pinnacle gives me an error message: `Playback Script, Unable to open`

Do you know the reason, why is the different outcome?
I tried to add the perl script to the system path, but I am not sure if this is the problem.

Thanks in advance

Mihaly

[Wyatt Smith]

Hi Mihaly,

1)  In these situations, first I will check file permissions on the perl script to ensure that it is readable and executable.

2)  perl should already be in the "system path" so it will not need to be added.  For custom scripts that you want to be able to execute system wide, I typically put inside the /home/p3rtp/bin folder.  This path is typically specified by default in the path statement as well.  To check from xterm, type echo $PATH. 

3)  The SpawnCommand should look like "/path/to/script/location/1.1.7.pl /pinnacle_patient_expansion/NewPatients/Institiotion_....".  It is not necessary or customary to invoke with perl command.  The reason is the first line of any shell script is the Shabang!.  This specifies which command interpreter to use when processing the script.  The first line the perl script should look something like 

#!/bin/perl

and a bash script starts

#!/bin/bash

etc...

You just need to execute the script and the specified command interpreter will be used.

I suspect the different outcome is again related to permissions, either in regard to the file or the command shell.

Hope this helps

-WS

 

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[Derrick Larson]

With my perl scripts I first make them executable with chmod command.  In a text editor I will then create a simple file that uses the SpawnCommand to start my script.

SpawnCommand = “path to perl script/filename”

Then I use a HotScripts to point to that file where the SpawnCommand lives. That’s how I do it.  Probably can be condensed, but it works.

 

Derrick

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[Mihaly Simon]

Hi,

Problem solved, by setting the right path /home/p3rtp/bin and get rid of the trailing carriage returns coming from Windows line ending.

Thank you for the help.

mihaly