Thanks, KM: But what if I want to 'dynamically' add to web server the Unix env var (say, the servername , database name and so on ) independent of the physical location of the program?

Well, the servername shouldn't be dynamic :) And the servername is an environment variable provided by the web server by default. Again, you can add to the environment of the web user. I'm not sure why you would need something like a dynamic database name (I generally put my DB names in with a SetEnv like: SetEnv DB_MARKETING marketing .. since the name doesn't change).

You could always create a module (maybe there is one, but I don't recall seeing it.. maybe I will write it tonight if I can find a reasonable use for it) which simply looks at a file with name/val pairs and imports them into the environment. I guess I just don't see any cases which this would be useful, but would love to hear of any :)

Cheers,
KM

In reply to RE: Answer: How do I import Unix Specific Environment Var into CGI/Perl shell? by KM
in thread How do I import Unix Specific Environment Var into CGI/Perl shell? by Anonymous Monk

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