Thanks for replying John. iam having a very limited choice in modifying the design.let me explain. I want to write a perl script to automate the build process. The normal manner is - modify a file. set up the build env.(use a *.cmd file) start the build.
I don't want to perform all this manually every time i make an exe. so i wrote a perl script. To set up the env. I have to use the *.cmd file . doing similar things in the script will not be good. The only way i can do this is to use system or exec() I need control back so i use system. In unix u can use the dot operator to make changes to the current shell(env.). i have no idea in case of windows. can you suggest anything better. Thanks & Regards Poonam On 12/21/05, John Doe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Poonam Pahil am Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 10.34: > > Iam using the system command to call an application(windows) that sets > up > > the enviorment. as per my knowledge, a subshell would be created & hence > > the modified enviorment would be lost once system returns to the parent > > perl script. > > > > How can i modify the parent process enviornment in perl using system() . > > You can't. > > Would be a very bad design if you could... > > hth, joe > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > >
