CAST HIGHLIGHT - Code Reader - Perl: error: Cannot run program "CAST Highlight Code Reader\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe"": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified – CAST

While onboarding the application using Code Reader, following error is seen.

INFO perl: error: Cannot run program "C:\Users\AppData\Local\CAST Highlight Code Reader\strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe": CreateProcess error=2, The system cannot find the file specified
ERROR AnalysisPipeline: Discover failed
java.lang.Exception: Discovery child process failed with exit status -1

Workaround or Action Plan

This could be due to not specifying the Perl installation directory

Check if perl.exe is present in the expected path as per the error message. Otherwise please point it using the below flag.

--perlInstallDir (optional)
Directory of perl installation (default: C:\Program Files\CAST\HighlightAgent\COTS\strawberry-perl-5.12.3.0).

Please also refer Highlight Automated Code Scan (Command Line)

NB: To locate the Installation Path where perl is currently installed, in Windows

Open Command Prompt or PowerShell and type the following command to find the path to Perl:
where perl
This will return the full path to the Perl executable. For example, it might return:
C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe

Path to Perl (--perlInstallDir) should not contain the name of the .exe.

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