Arijit Das <> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The format of env variable PATH seems to change with OS/shell. For
> example, in sh it is like
>
> "/dir1/bin:/dir2/bin:."
>
> while in csh, it is like
>
> (/dir1/bin /dir2/bin .)
I don't think so PATH is just an environment variable that contains a
list of paths separated by a character that may vary depending upon the
operating system, irrespective of the shell being used. All *nix OS's
(that I know of) use ":" as the separator.
>
> I need to search for "/dir2/bin" path component in my $ENV{PATH}, and
> then, insert "/newpath/bin" just before "/dir2/bin". But due to
> different format of PATHs in different os/shells, I am not able to do
> that in a very clean way.
>
> Is there any Perl Array (somewhat like @INC) which I can modify to
> have my PATH changed?
For a portable way see 'perldoc Env'.
HTH
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Brian Raven
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