Problems while trying to run tcsh script from perl

pawa has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi i am trying to run a tcsh script from within perl and having some problem. perl code looks like below

`tcsh -c runscript`

where runscript contains

source setup; ....

setup file contains

setenv DD "kk"

when i run the perl script it gives the error setenv not found. could anybody point to what is going on

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Re: Problems while trying to run tcsh script from perl by Laurent_R (Canon) on May 29, 2013 at 20:46 UTC
Looks like a nix problem rather than a Perl problem. By the way, setenv gives me an error (unknown command) on my nix box when I run it from the shell prompt. Did you try it from the shell prompt? The command may have a different name on your specific shell. And if it works on your box, try "which setenv" to find the path if it is an external command, and give the full path if you get one. I am no expert on that, just my 2-cents worth...	[reply]

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Re: Problems while trying to run tcsh script from perl
by Laurent_R (Canon) on May 29, 2013 at 20:46 UTC

Looks like a *nix problem rather than a Perl problem. By the way, setenv gives me an error (unknown command) on my *nix box when I run it from the shell prompt. Did you try it from the shell prompt? The command may have a different name on your specific shell. And if it works on your box, try "which setenv" to find the path if it is an external command, and give the full path if you get one. I am no expert on that, just my 2-cents worth...

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