Re: call a perl script within another perl script

2005-03-04 Thread Chris Devers
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Nishi Prafull wrote: > 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. Is there a reason that A.pl can't jus

Re: call a Perl script within another Perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Rathna N
then what about thru (``) Backtic or open call ? Syntax: 1. $x=`ps -ef`; 2. open(fh,"$cmd |"); Regards, Rathna On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:25:45 -0800, Nishi Prafull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently, the first command spawns a new shell when it is executed > and the control is never returned

Re: call a Perl script within another Perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
Apparently, the first command spawns a new shell when it is executed and the control is never returned back and hence i cannot get the second command to get executed. So I am trying to evaluate the -exec option. Thanks. On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 16:14:30 -0800, Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analy

RE: call a Perl script within another Perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Wagner, David --- Senior Programmer Analyst --- WGO
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). They would have to be two separate calls. I used to start 10 to 15 processe

Re: call a perl script within another perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Nishi Prafull
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). Each of the commands are making out calls to software installed on the machine to perform specific tasks. Do I ha

RE: call a perl script within another perl script

2005-03-03 Thread Tim Johnson
I guess it partly depends on what you are trying to accomplish. Why are you calling a second script? -Original Message- From: Nishi Prafull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 3:47 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: call a perl script within another perl script