I am confused about this "I can change some stuff, but not much stuff" requirement?

The code from BrowserUk works fine for me. To eliminate the "only used once" warnings, just declare $folder in main:: as an "our" variable. An "our" variable gets into the global symbol table and can be accessed by anybody with the full name without any import/export adieu. Here is a modified main program...

#! perl -slw
use strict;
use Data::Dump qw [ pp ];

our $folder;  #to prevent "only used once" warnings
our $config;

do 'work.conf' or die $!;

print $folder; # $folder is declared above, here in $main
               # not in file work.conf
               # since we are in main, don't need "full name"

pp $::config;  #can use full name here, but not necessary

[download]
work.conf as posted by browserUk: 
$::folder = 'E:\FOLDER\Test\WEB';
$::config = {
       license => 'kit-licence.zip',
       programs => [
             #template society =>\%program_work
             'VIKTOR DESCRIPTION PRODUCT' => { 
                    name => 'VIKTOR ', 
                    parameters => [
                           Count_id              => '06 (Viktor)',
                           Birth_date            => '1995-04-30',
                           Marriage_date         => '2014-05-26',
                           Divorce_date          => '2015-03-30',
                           Activities_folder     => $folder.'\VIKTOR\i
+ndependent worker',
                           Activities_format     => 'Enterprise Format
+ (V35)',
                           Description_File_from => $folder.'\VIKTOR\F
+ILE\description.xlm',                      
                    ] 
             },
       ]
};

[download]
works fine. Why isn't this good enough?

As an update, This back slash stuff for file names under Windows is not required. Use the forward slash. That is easier, more portable and completely allowed since I think at least Win98. The modern Window's command line is NOT DOS.

In reply to Re^2: Recover a path from a config file by Marshall
in thread Recover a path from a config file by Chaoui05

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.