On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 11:43:51AM -0700, LoBue, Mark wrote:
>>> You can also get tricky by running your perl script in the current
>>> environment using:
>>> . program_name (space after the dot)
>>> then your program could exit using exec('path/to/shell');
>>
>> I am not sure I understood the OP but I would go with the
>> wrapping approach in the other direction, that is, write a
>> shell script that sets up the environment, etc. by calling
>> the perl script within it. Then run the shell script rather
>> than the perl script....
>
> I don't understand the difference here. Even in a wrap, the
> perl script has to be called in the same environment as the wrap,
> since it is the perl script doing the mods, using the dot notation,
> if not, the perl script will never modify the environment.
Have you actually tried ". perlscript" ? :-)
> Correct, or do I still not get it?
I think you might be confused when you say "executing in the same
environment".
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Steve
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