Try:
$ENV{UNIX95} = "XPG4" ;
I use HP-UX also and have used this many times, although it hasn't got much
to do with HP-UX. Any processes initiated by the script will have it set in
their environment.
hth,
Craig Arnold
Boeing Space and Communications
International Space Station
Guidance, Navigation and Control
Huntington Beach, CA
(714)896-3311 x68266
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Sharp [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 3:26 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Perl-unix-users] Setting env vars in hp-ux
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> Hi all,
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> I wrote a script in perl for hp-ux. The script was designed to check for
> a process and compare the cpu to a threshold and then alarm if the
> threshold is exceeded.
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> Here is the problem. I need to set a hp-ux environment variable everytime
> the script is run. The script will run under cron so I cannot source the
> variable.
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> In hp-ux, I can use the following command:
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> export UNIX95=XPG4
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> In perl I have no idea how to do this same thing. I did try the following
> command:
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> system ("export UNIX95=XPG4");
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> This did not work. I think the system command opens a child process for
> the command and then closes it effectively destroying the variable.
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> Anyone have any ideas?
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> Thanks,
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> Craig A. Sharp
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