--- Wiggins d'Anconia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeff Westman wrote: > > This seems simple enough.... I have two separate, independent perl > scripts. > > I want to call one perl script from the other script. > > > > Sometimes it just is that simple :-).
I guess I am thinking in terms of the overhead of a system call while the first script sits and waits. > > I know I can do this with a system call (or backticks). Is there a > better > > way? If not, what is the preferred method? (I don't want to make one a > sub > > routine of the other). > > > > The better way would be to take the like functionality and roll it into > a perl module that both scripts then use. But you seem resistant to > this method.... so back to 'system' and backticks. It's not that I am resistant. Both scripts are used by other processes (called from shell scripts, not perl scripts), so it is pointless to add it as a sub-routine, otherwise that would be the ideal method I think. Thanks for your input. Jeff __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
