> I'm unable to use a wrapper script that sources the file and then calls the Perl script ...

well that's the only sane solution, buddy.

> The shell script file isn't simply a set of "export VAR=VALUE" where I can simply parse the file...

Too bad, you can't export variables to a parent process.

The only (insane) solution which come to my mind is to call a shell script which sources your stuff and dumps it somewhere where the parent Perl can restore it from, e.g a file or piped to STDOUT.

That's such an insane approach that I don't even wanna elaborate more on it.

Maybe try to find some ksh, csh or sh ready to use snippets, able to export JSON.

> for political reasons.

Send them here and I'll tell them they are idiots.

Cheers Rolf

( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)

In reply to Re: How to "source" a shell file in Perl? by LanX
in thread How to "source" a shell file in Perl? by jfroebe

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