> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 1:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Pass variables from parent to child script > > > When executing a child script from a parent script using the > system command, > is there a way to allow the child script to recognize the > variables declared > by the parent script? > > In other words, can you replicate the export functionality of > a UNIX shell > script using PERL?
You can pass values through the environment: in parent: $ENV{FOO} = "bar"; in child: print $ENV{FOO}; There is no equivalent of the shell's "export" in Perl; changes to %ENV are automatically visible in the child. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]