> Hi all,
Howdy
>
> I have this scenario:
> I have a 'main' program that needs to call on progA under
> condtions A, progB under conditions B, etc.
>
> Now, I would like the progA, progB, progC to remain
> independent of the 'main' program at all times. The only
> thing I would like to connect them is the paramteres.... Yes,
> I know this sounds like the place to use Modules and
> Packages, however, I don't think a module can have a 'main'
> program of it's own. The reasons for keeping this
> independence is to keep the whole system portable and
> modular. At runtime, the users may choose to leave out progC
> and hence the program will not even load this 'program' or
> set of programs....
>
> Can this be done?
Sure, I think this is what you mean:
In Main prog:
if(...) { print qx(./progA.pl 'joe=mama'); }
elsif(...) { print qx(./progB.pl 'ben=doevr'); }
elsif(...) { print qx(./progC.pl 'foo=bar'); }
HTH
DMuey
>
> I am not sure I am explaining this correctly, so if not, I
> will try again.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Hamish
>
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