Peter, et al -- ...and then Peter Scott said... % % At 08:37 AM 7/9/02 -0500, David T-G wrote: % > % >...and then Peter Scott said... % >% % >% At 09:33 AM 7/6/02 -0500, David T-G wrote: % >% >I want to add to $ENV{'PATH'} in the parent process from my script. ... % > `myscript.pl bash` % > `myscript.pl tcsh` % > % >for that would make it work, but I haven't found anything yet. % % sh-2.05a$ echo $PATH % /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/peter/bin:. % % sh-2.05a$ cat stage1 % PATH=`stage2` % export PATH % % sh-2.05a$ cat stage2 % #!/usr/bin/perl -l % print join ":" => qw(/sbin /usr/local/bin /etc); % % sh-2.05a$ . stage1 % % sh-2.05a$ echo $PATH % /sbin:/usr/local/bin:/etc
That's a step in the right direction, though I'm still left with a stub file because I apparently can't have my script spit out PATH=/lots/of:/stuff and read that directly (still dunno why). Thanks for the idea, though. % % -- % Peter Scott % Pacific Systems Design Technologies % http://www.perldebugged.com/ HAND :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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