setenv

[Pearte]

Well I have a chunk of code that I didn't write: (endline) setenv RAP_WP_TOP_DIR /jdev/morse/shared (endline) setenv WP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR /jdev/morse/shared/config/wp_default (endline) setenv WP_LC_CONFIG_DIR /jdev/morse/shared/config/jnu_lc (endline) setenv WP_ND_CONFIG_DIR /jdev/morse/shared/config/jnu_nd (endline) setenv WP_SD_CONFIG_DIR /jdev/morse/shared/config/jnu_sd (endline) (endline) I can only assume from the context that this is similar to a filehandle and that these "filehandles" can be passed between diffent scripts. I have three questions: One... Is this assumption correct? Two... If so, what kind of rules regulate it's use? In other words, what do I have to do to let these other scripts see it? Three.. If my assumption is incorrect, what is this all about? Thanks, Pearte PS- I checked two O'Reilly's, no dice. PPS- I would love to know who to format text in this silly box.

[steveAZ98]

setenv sets enviorment variables in a unix system. I would assume it is in a file with a leading #!/bin/sh at the top. All it does is set these enviorment variables to the corrosponding filenames when it is run by the shell.

Your assumption is correct in that you can now access these vars from a perl script using %ENV
ie. $ENV{WP_DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR}

On other systems you may have to set the enviorment vars with: export VAR=value

To format code use
<code> and </code>
The rest can be formatted with standard HTML.
HTH

[young perlhopper]

well technically setenv is a csh'ism, so you would expect to see #!/bin/csh at the top.

the equivalent /bin/sh'ism would be


VAR="this is the value of the variable"
export VAR

</offtopic nitpicking>
-Mark

[ar0n]

Now that we're nitpicking....

export VAR="foo? bar! baz..."


update: this is actually a bash thingy (or ksh. thanks tye!)

-- ar0n

[fundflow]

The enviromnent variables are part of the environment supplied by the operating system, just like memory and disk access.
(This is true for Unixes, i don't know about DOS)

Any program has a mechanism can set these variables in its memory space. These values get transfered to new children via the fork() system call. This is the reason that you can set such variable in bash/csh/tcsh etc and then run a program (i.e. fork) which can see these variables.

If memory serves, the C library has the info about it.
The perl way is $ENV{WHATEVER} as was mentioned above.

Cheers :)