--- Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 19, Jeff Westman said:
>
> > 1 #!/bin/perl -w
> > 2
> > 3 @a = qx{set};
>
> >Can't exec "set": No such file or directory at ./x line 3.
> >
> >Yet, using qx{env} works fine. Why?
>
> Because 'set' is a shell built-in, and 'env' is a program. Whatever shell
> Perl is using to run your command, it DOESN'T have a built-in called 'set'
> in it.
>
> Why not just use the %ENV hash?
Okay, makes perfect sense (I should have known better). As far as using
%ENV, of course I can use that, but I was more curious as to why the qx{set}
wasn't working. (still, I would have thought that the builtins (or
functions, ksh, bash) would have been checked before the $PATH.
Thanks
Jeff
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