He wants to affect the environment of the process he's calling. Try this:
$frazzle = 'exported string'; $ENV{'FRAZZLE'} = $frazzle; $output = `ksh -c \'print \$FRAZZLE\'`; print $output; On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Brett W. McCoy wrote: > On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Kingsbury, Michael wrote: > > > Is there a way to export perl variables for use when run in backticks? > > What do you mean? Variables interpolate inside of backticks (unless you > are silly enought to do qx'', and then they won't). > > -- Brett > http://www.chapelperilous.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The only cultural advantage LA has over NY is that you can make a right > turn on a red light. > -- Woody Allen > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]