On Jun 13, 6:26 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm pretty new to Perl. I was trying to write up a perl script that > can help set up my working env, for example, once log into Linux > server, run the perl script, it'll move to another folder and > configure some env variables. > > I tried using > `cd dest_folder` or > system "cd dest_folder" or > exec "cd dest_folder" > > but after running script, the current folder doesn't change at all. > Anyone please shed some lights on this.
I haven't used perl that much either, but I think that the code you are using only changes the cwd within the script and not externally similar to the scope of variables i.e. a variable cannot be seen outside of the block it was defined in. Sorry if that doesn't make sense. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
