Could you show me a working example of this?
Regards,
Torbjørn Lindahl
On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Rumpf, Christopher wrote:
> I got around it one by cheating (hack).
>
> I set the env variable...then just spawned $ENV{SHELL} which
> inherits the var you set earlier - and then just waited for
> the pid of the spawned SHELL process to return before exiting
> the perl script.
>
> Just an idea which may work for you.
>
> Gl.
>
> -Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bayard Bell [mailto:Bayard.G.Bell@;morganstanley.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:38 PM
> To: Torbjørn Lindahl
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Perl-unix-users] setting environmental variables
>
>
> This can't work. Perl is running as a child process. Parents can't inherit
> the environments of their children. Environment settings can only be
> propagated to children.
>
> Torbjørn Lindahl wrote:
> >
> > Hi list,
> >
> > how can I set an environmental variable from within perl - so that it
> > will be valid after the perl script has completed as well?
> >
> > i have done the following...
> >
> > $ENV{'MY_ENV_VAR'}="Some value";
> >
> > ...and in shell...
> >
> > echo $MY_ENV_VAR
> >
> > ...but no good.
> >
> > I also tried...
> >
> > system("export MY_ENV_VAR='Some value'");
> >
> > ...but didnt work either.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Torbjørn Lindahl
> >
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