Re^2: Issue with env variables set through dos batch

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: Issue with env variables set through dos batch by Anonymous Monk on Nov 06, 2012 at 09:37 UTC
what will happen in case... It should take all of 10 seconds to find out :) Try It To See	[reply]
Re^3: Issue with env variables set through dos batch by Athanasius (Archbishop) on Nov 06, 2012 at 07:12 UTC
i[f] you read it as a key value pair, then the values that get appended are lost Not at all. The code line: `my ($k, $v) = split /=/, $_, 2;` [download] splits each data line into two parts: the part to the left of the first `=` character — which is assigned to `$k` — and the entire part to the right of the first `=` character — which is assigned to `$v`. So nothing is lost. In your example, the batch file would contain: `set VAL=<some path>:%VAL%` [download] and if `VAL` already contained, say, `/bin`, the result would be the assignment of `VAL` to `$k` and of `<some path>:/bin` to `$v`. See split: If LIMIT is specified and positive, it represents the maximum number of fields into which the EXPR may be split; in other words, LIMIT is one greater than the maximum number of times EXPR may be split. Hope that helps, Athanasius <°(((>< contra mundum	[reply] [d/l] [select]