> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harter, Douglas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 8:09 AM
> To: Beginners Mailing List Perl (E-mail)
> Subject: alias in the shell
>
>
> Is it possible to create an alias in the shell from within Perl?
>
> I have a command I want to use in the shell after my Perl
> script executes. This command can vary, so what I would
> prefer to do is set up an alias to execute it.
>
> I realize aliases are created differently in different
> shells. I will be using Bourne.
>
> So far I have tried using system("alias name=xxx")
> and creating a scipt with the same command in it and
> executing it thru system.
>
> Neither worked, since I could not see the new alias by doing
> alias
>
There is no way I know of for a child process to modify the environment of
it's parent. You might try having your perl program create a script
somewhere in the path, then the parent could execute it.
You can also get tricky by running your perl script in the current
environment using:
. program_name (space after the dot)
then your program could exit using exec('path/to/shell');
-Mark
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