Re: Raku opens a notepad when executing a .bat

On 12/6/22 01:44, ToddAndMargo via perl6-users wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Windows Pro Chromebook Edition 22H2  (W11)
> raku -v  Welcome to RakudoΓäó v2022.07.
> 
> When ever I run the following, it opens
> a Notepad with the text of the calling
> raku program.
> 
> raku -e "use lib '.'; use NativeWinUtils :RunCmd; say RunCmd(Q[ls]);"
> 
> This is RunCmd
> 
> sub RunCmd( Str $CommandStr, Bool $EchoOff = False ) returns Str is 
> export( :RunCmd )  {
>     my $PathIAm          = $?FILE;
>     my Str $BatFile = $PathIAm ~ ".bat";
>     # print "$BatFile\n";
>     my Str $RtnStr;
>     my Str $CmdStr = "";
> 
>     if $EchoOff  { $CmdStr = Q[@echo off] ~ "\n"; }
>     $CmdStr = $CmdStr ~ $CommandStr ~ "\n";
>     # print "$CmdStr";
> 
>     spurt( $BatFile, $CmdStr );
>     $RtnStr = qqx { $BatFile };
>     # print "$RtnStr\n";
> }
> 
> 
> It is the qqx command (it runs the created .bat file)
> that opens the notepad.
> 
> The .bat file, which I leave on the disk,
> runs fine manually.
> 
> And I did this to myself.  I had a pop up that
> asked me what to do with something and I must
> have clicked on it by accident.
> 
> -T
> 


Its a bug in Raku:



qqx tries to run the module, not the sub inside the module:

Windows 10 Pro 21H2
Windows 11 Pro 22H2

https://rakudo.org/dl/rakudo/rakudo-moar-2022.07-01-win-x86_64-msvc.msi


When you run this sub inside your program, there is no issue.

If you put the sub into a module, then qqx tries to
run the module itself, not the batch file this sub
creates:


<RunCmdModule.pm6>
# unit module RunCmdModule;
# RunCmdModule.pm6


sub RunCmd( Str $CommandStr, Bool $EchoOff = False ) returns Str is 
export( :RunCmd )  {
    my $PathIAm          = $?FILE;
    my Str $BatFile = $PathIAm ~ ".bat";
    # print "$BatFile\n";
    my Str $RtnStr;
    my Str $CmdStr = "";

    if $EchoOff  { $CmdStr = Q[@echo off] ~ "\n"; }
    $CmdStr = $CmdStr ~ $CommandStr ~ "\n";
    # print "$CmdStr";

    spurt( $BatFile, $CmdStr );
    $RtnStr = qqx { $BatFile };
    # print "$RtnStr\n";
}
</RunCmdModule.pm6>


Test one liner (run in the same directory as the module):
      raku -e "use lib '.'; use RunCmdModule :RunCmd; say RunCmd(Q[ls]);

Result: Windwos tries to run a .pm6 file
    https://imgur.com/q7NzxIil.png




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