How to export environment variables in Win32

2002-01-31 Thread Adriano Rodrigues Ferreira
I thought it would be a good idea to replace a batch script (.bat) running on a Windows 2000 with a Perl script which is far more clever. The original batch file setted two environment variables which were available after running the script. That is, if I did c:> cvs-init.bat it has commands l

Re: How to export environment variables in Win32

2002-01-31 Thread Pozsar Balazs
It is neither possible in unix. When you run a batch script under Win32, or 'source' a shell script under unix, you only have 1 process, and that process is executing commands, which set _its_ env variables. If your fork a child process (ie. start perl to execute the perl-script), it can only ch

RE: How to export environment variables in Win32

2002-01-31 Thread Timothy Johnson
the set command. -Original Message- From: Pozsar Balazs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:45 AM To: Adriano Rodrigues Ferreira Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How to export environment variables in Win32 It is neither possible in unix. When you run a batch