Hello Howard,
>A Google check showed that others are not happy with $env() - is it maybe a
>Perl version issue?
>
>http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.vmsperl/12197
That's a problem with the PATH environment variable, which I think has been
fixed in Perl 5.8.x. Unfortunately it's not the problem I'm having ... but
Mark has provided the answer (and the cause).
Thanks,
Jeremy Begg
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jeremy Begg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 5:07 PM
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>Subject: Using %ENV array to get system logical names
>Hi,
>I'm reworking a Perl script for use with the WASD webserver and have run
>into a small problem. I need the script to be able to check for the
>presence of a specific logical name and use its value if it exists. If the
>logical name doesn't exist, the program should use a default value.
>Unfortunately, I'm finding $ENV{name} appears to be undefined if 'name' is a
>logical name. It only seems to find logical names defined in the
>LNM$PROCESS logical name table.
>What do I need to do to get $ENV{} to search all logical name tables defined
>by LNM$FILE_DEV (the usual default logical name table search list)?
>Thanks,
> Jeremy Begg
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