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?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.2  1995/09/25  09:17:04  ram
?RCS: patch59: unit is now forced to the top of Configure, if possible
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?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1  1995/01/11  15:33:53  ram
?RCS: patch45: can now use Loc variables since path stripping is deferred
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?RCS: Revision 3.0  1993/08/18  12:09:32  ram
?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
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?X:
?X: The purpose of this unit is to locate perl good enough to construct a #!
?X:
?MAKE:perlpath: Getfile Oldconfig Loc perl
?MAKE:	-pick add $@ %<
?Y:TOP
?S:perlpath:
?S:	This variable contains the eventual value of the PERLPATH symbol,
?S:	which contains the absolute location of the perl interpreter.
?S:.
?C:PERLPATH:
?C:	This symbol contains the absolute location of the perl interpreter.
?C:.
?H:#define PERLPATH "$perlpath"		/**/
?H:.
: determine perl absolute location
case "$perlpath" in
'')
	if test -f /usr/bin/perl; then
		dflt=/usr/bin/perl
	else
		case "$perl" in
		*/*) dflt="$perl";;
		*) dflt=/usr/bin/perl;;
		esac
	fi
	;;
*)  dflt="$perlpath"
	;;
esac
echo " "
fn=f~/
rp="Where is perl located on your system?"
. ./getfile
perlpath="$ans"