On Thursday 30 Oct 2003 12:06 pm, Sudarshan Raghavan wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I have a little problem. I have script "test.pl" and inside this script I > > want to know what is "my name" (I mean this "test.pl". > > $0 will contain the program name > perldoc perlvar
You can write $0 as well as reading it, which will change what appears when you run ps etc. This can be usefull for security reasons such as hiding sensitive data passed on the command line, and also for returning status information for daemons. Gary -- Gary Stainburn This email does not contain private or confidential material as it may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown and undisclosed purposes - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
