On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 08:58:22PM +0100, Konrad Foerstner wrote: > I need to get a value from an environment variable VALUE. This value is > set by an shell script which location is stored in anonther environment > variable called SCRIPT. So I first call the shell script by > > `. \$SCRIPT`; > > and extract then the value of VALUE by > > my $value = $ENV(VALUE); > > But something does not work, so $value is empty. As the shell script > produces also an echo output I catch it by using > > my @output = `. \$SCRIPT`; > > I get this output correctly, but VALUE is still empty! I also tried also > > system(\$SCRIPT`); > > and > > `. /place/of/my/shellscript.sh`; > > Both don't have the wished effect. > > When I call the shell script in the shell and the start my perl script > VALUE is set and available for my perl script. > > What is wrong?
Unfortunately, your understanding of processes. A child process cannot alter the environment of its parent. Take a look at Shell::Source on CPAN. -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
