set environment variables

2005-07-18 Thread Nishi Prafull
Hi: I need to run a script noted by $cmd1 from within perl but before that i need to set the environment variable. how can i do it? I tried my $TEMPHOME = "/tmp"; system($cmd1); But the script still complains the $TEMPHOME is not set. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For addi

Re: set environment variables

2005-07-18 Thread Nishi Prafull
I ttied it inside the perl script, but does not seem to work. I did a echo for $TEMPHOME but it was not set. On 7/18/05, John W. Krahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nishi Prafull wrote: > > Hi: > > Hello, > > > I need to run a script noted by $cmd1 from within perl

platform independant log

2005-03-16 Thread Nishi Prafull
Hi : The following program needs to print the output of the cmd run to a log file, it takes care of the directory separator issue, so the log file could be created on any platform depending on where the program is run. But there is something missing ie the log file i am creating via this program do

Re: log output

2005-03-16 Thread Nishi Prafull
I just tried using the tctee program as follows: #!/usr/local/bin/perl5.6 -w use strict; my $logFile ='/automateLabelPush.log'; //line 5 my $tee_cmd = '/tctee.pl'; my $cmd1 = qq{ }; system("$cmd1 | $tee_cmd -a $logFile") ; at the end of the execution, I still get sh: syntax error at line 5: "|"

Re: log output

2005-03-16 Thread Nishi Prafull
IL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What if you piped your system command to tee, like: > > system("$cmd1 | tee -a outfile.log") ; > > > -Original Message- > From: Nishi Prafull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 10:55 AM > To: beg

log output

2005-03-16 Thread Nishi Prafull
Hi: I am running a perl script as part of a cron job and I want to log the execution of the script(for sucess, failure). In my script, I make calls to external software on the machine to run certain tasks. How can I direct the output of these tasks to a local log on my machine during the execution

print to a log

2005-03-04 Thread Nishi Prafull
Hi: I am running an external command through my perl script and I wanted to print out the command output to some log file -- my $log = "/tmp/test.log"; my $cmd1 = qq{ ade useview viewname -exec 'ade label_product \\ -l $label -noinsert -prod dc' -print >> $log }; syst

Re: call a Perl script within another Perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
Analyst --- WGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nishi Prafull wrote: > > Hi: > > Apparently I noticed that when I put both the commands I need to run > > in one script using the system call, the second command does not get > > executed ( I cannot figure out the cause). &

Re: call a perl script within another perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
have to do anything else in this regard? Thanks. On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 15:50:16 -0800, Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I guess it partly depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Why are > you calling a second script? > > > -Original Message----- >

call a perl script within another perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
Hi: I would like to call a perl script(B.pl) within another perl script(A.pl). Should I use the following approach or something else? A.pl - my $cmd = "perl B.pl" system($cmd); Please let me know. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL P

Re: RE : Perl program to convert system date to yymmdd

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
yes :-) I realised that after sending you the email. Sorry! Thanks for the reply. On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 14:18:04 -0800, Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nishi Prafull wrote: > > Hi All: > > > > Thanks for the replies.It wor

Re: RE : Perl program to convert system date to yymmdd

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
gt; [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Envoyé : jeudi 3 mars 2005 21:40 > >> À : Nishi Prafull > >> Cc : beginners@perl.org > >> Objet : RE: Perl program to convert system date to yymmdd > >> > >> Nishi Prafull wrote: > >>> On Thu, 3 M

Re: Perl program to convert system date to yymmdd

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 12:12:35 -0800, Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nishi Prafull wrote: > > HI: > > > > I want to write a perl script that would compute the date in the > > format yymmdd(050303) and subsitute it for

perl program to convert system date to yymmdd

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
HI: I want to write a perl script that would compute the date in the format yymmdd(050303) and subsitute it for a variable in the perl script. This variable is thereafter subsituted in a command that will be run inside the script. myTest.pl var aDate; get todays date and convert it to yymmdd and