require Exporter; @EXPORT=qw(@chassistypes $commstring $sysname $syscontact $syslocation $ipadentaddr $cdpdevicecacheport $ipadentnetmask $cdpcacheplatform $cdpcachedeviceport $chassisid $chassistype $sysdesc $romid); ........ $commstring=`/usr/bin/cat /var/scripts/.data/commstring`; chomp $commstring; ........ 1;