Howdy! 

#!/usr/bin/perl
$ENV{JAVA_HOME}='/path/here';
# set other items in %ENV as appropriate
exec '/usr/bin/ksh';

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%ENV is your environment. Changes you make in it will be propagated to child processes. When you then exec the new shell, the changed environment carries over.

If you need to process a shell script to set variables, don't try to parse the script. Do something like: 

    foreach (`. $profile; env`)
    {
        chomp;
        next unless /=/;
        my ($var, $value) = split(/=/, $_, 2);
        $ENV{$var} = $value;
    }

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This will execute the script and dump the environment in a straightforward format that you can parse.

yours,
Michael

In reply to Re: UNIX environment setup via perl by herveus
in thread UNIX environment setup via perl by perlisfun

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