On Thu, 2008-08-28 at 19:59 +0200, Laurens Vets wrote:
> Hello,
>
> >> When I log onto a linux host, and use "set" I can see that there a
> >> couple of functions defined (test() for instance) in bash. How can I
> >> read out these functions and use them in a perl script?
> >
> > You can't as they are bash functions, not Perl functions.
>
> There's no way to read them out like the environment variables?
>
No. The environment variables are part of the OS, the bash functions
are part of bash. Perl is not design to interface with any specific
shell.
You can read them by starting bash interactively, sending commands to
its stdin and reading its stdout. See "Bidirectional Communication with
Another Process" in perlipc and "Bidirectional Communication with
Yourself" in perlipc
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