--- Steve Main <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to set an environment variable in Perl and then > have that variable persist after the Perl script has ended? > I'm working in Unix.
Variables can be inherited by subshells, but never passed back up to a parent process. You Perl script *cannot* set a value that will outlive it. You might be able to do some handwaving like having it exec() a child shell that still has the value, and then having the parent shell exec() the script, but it's shaky. Anyone have a better idea? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
