You *could* have the perl script set all of the environment
variables, then exec a new shell.
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At 09:51 AM 1/16/2003 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hanes, Philipp wrote:
Probably not.
Hi Philipp, how're things?
That's a bummer.
TMTOWTDI becomes NCD - No Can Do
If it is any consolation, it isn't Perl's fault. It is inherent in the
nature of parent/child processes. The child
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 09:59:52AM -0500, Ron Newman wrote:
You *could* have the perl script set all of the environment
variables, then exec a new shell.
Abigail came up with quite a neat move involving a double exec written
up on Fun With Perl list. In hir own words,
From: abigail[at]foad.org
Unix folks are used to these limitations on how you can use
environment variables. Do things work the same way in Windows?
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Charles Reitzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
[snip]
BEGIN
{
$HomeDir = '/usr/local/foo';
$Foo = 'foo';
@Bar = ( qw(Foo Baz Bar) );
%Baz = { Foo = $Foo, Bar = \@Bar };
}
[snip]
The %Baz is
On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 11:36:29AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I want to write a perl script to
replace a Unix shell script which
does nothing other than create
and set environment variables.
So the perl script might look something like this:
$ENV{GREGSVAR}='Hello';
except that
Probably not.
Depending on the script you're trying to replace (really, depending on the
shell it's supposed to run under) you'll find that it is sourced in some
way... Which means that the commands are really executed in the initial
shell, rather than a subshell/child process (which is what
It strikes me that 'exec' replaces the current process with another process,
I believe inheriting the existing environment.
You miht try making the last line of the perl script : exec your follow-on
process here so that it gets the environment that you set within the script.
Vince
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