Re: need help with using system()

2005-12-21 Thread John Doe
Poonam Pahil am Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 12.32: > Thanks for replying John. > > iam having a very limited choice in modifying the design. hello Poonam Sorry, I meant the design of processes/subprocesses which would be bad if one could modify the parent's environment. > let me explain. > I w

Re: need help with using system()

2005-12-21 Thread Poonam Pahil
yup thats quite possible. Though I wanted to do all from a single perl script.But, its also not so bad to create another wrapper which will be using the script. Thanks Poonam On 12/21/05, Xavier Noria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 21, 2005, at 12:32, Poonam Pahil wrote: > > > Thanks for r

Re: need help with using system()

2005-12-21 Thread Xavier Noria
On Dec 21, 2005, at 12:32, Poonam Pahil wrote: Thanks for replying John. iam having a very limited choice in modifying the design.let me explain. I want to write a perl script to automate the build process. The normal manner is - modify a file. set up the build env.(use a *.cmd file) start t

Re: need help with using system()

2005-12-21 Thread Poonam Pahil
Thanks for replying John. iam having a very limited choice in modifying the design.let me explain. I want to write a perl script to automate the build process. The normal manner is - modify a file. set up the build env.(use a *.cmd file) start the build. I don't want to perform all this manually

Re: need help with using system()

2005-12-21 Thread John Doe
Poonam Pahil am Mittwoch, 21. Dezember 2005 10.34: > Iam using the system command to call an application(windows) that sets up > the enviorment. as per my knowledge, a subshell would be created & hence > the modified enviorment would be lost once system returns to the parent > perl script. > > How

need help with using system()

2005-12-21 Thread Poonam Pahil
Iam using the system command to call an application(windows) that sets up the enviorment. as per my knowledge, a subshell would be created & hence the modified enviorment would be lost once system returns to the parent perl script. How can i modify the parent process enviornment in perl using syst