Re: trouble when calling a shell script for setting an env var

2003-01-16 Thread Konrad Foerstner
> > I need to get a value from an environment variable VALUE. This value is > > set by an shell script which location is stored in anonther environment > > variable called SCRIPT. So I first call the shell script by > > > > `. \$SCRIPT`; > > > > and extract then the value of VALUE by > > > > my

Re: trouble when calling a shell script for setting an env var

2003-01-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 08:58:22PM +0100, Konrad Foerstner wrote: > I need to get a value from an environment variable VALUE. This value is > set by an shell script which location is stored in anonther environment > variable called SCRIPT. So I first call the shell script by > > `. \$SCRIPT`; >

trouble when calling a shell script for setting an env var

2003-01-16 Thread Konrad Foerstner
He folks! Todays problem: I need to get a value from an environment variable VALUE. This value is set by an shell script which location is stored in anonther environment variable called SCRIPT. So I first call the shell script by `. \$SCRIPT`; and extract then the value of VALUE by my $value =