On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 09:16:54 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a local C library that I interfaced with XS. The library
> has an open function that looks for arguments that are sent in to
> the function. If the arguments are Null, the function will check
> env variables for the values. When calling this function from
> perl, the env variables are never set.
So set the environment variables before calling the function from
perl:
$ENV{ENV_VAR} = 'value';
or supply the arguments needed to the function.
> The function uses this macro,
>
> #define GETENV(var, env) ( (var) == NULL ? getenv((env)) : (var) )
>
> , this is used to fill a structure that holds the values. If I
> send in non-null arguments the values are set correctly. I
> cannot get the env variables to populate the C structure. I can
> easily interface the env through %ENV, but this is needed
> internally by the C function.
Huh? getenv(3) returns the strings in %ENV.
> Any ideas or suggestions?
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