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> From: Postman Pat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> Greetings,
> I want to write a script that will check to see if it was called from
> another script, if not it will display a message saying for
> instance this
> script is meant to be called from other script & not run
> interactively for
> instance otherwise if called from a script will do it's
> intended purpose...
>
> Is there a way that I can actually get this working properly?
I am sure there is some fancy way to do this but If I understand the problem
correctly.
If a certain script is the only one allowed to call the program pass it a
unique parameter like
system ("program big_bollocks");
In the program that gets called check the parameter
if ($ARGV[n] -eq "big_bollocks") {
print "You are calling this program incorrectly";
exit 0;
}
The code above is probably wrong but it demonstrates a simple method to
achieve what you want providing you are able to modify the calling script.
Harry
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