On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 06:57:18PM -0500, Jim Conner wrote: > At 16:15 11.23.2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I am trying to run a ksh script from a Perl script, that sets up an > >environment (it is way too big to translate). Anyway I am assuming that > >it is run as a child, cause none of the variables are getting set. Any > >help? > > Perl is running that lil beasty as a child and as soon as it exits > everything that the script exported/set environment/variable wise while it > was running was released as soon as it exited.
Grab my Shell::Source module from CPAN or my homepage. It was designed to solve exactly this problem. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]