We had this requirement also and "invented" the following:
sub getenv
{
    my $profile  = shift;
    my @envlines =  (`exec ksh -c ". $profile; env"`);
    foreach (@envlines)
    {
        chomp;
        next unless /=/;
        my ($var, $value) = split(/=/, $_, 2);
        $ENV{$var} = $value;
    }
} # END - getenv

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This solution is assuming to find the file $profile in the PATH of the caller.

Added some explanation:

Let's say we got a shell script called "my_env" that might look something like:
#!/bin/ksh
export ORACLE_SID=testp
export NLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1
export ORACLE=/opt/oracle

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We would then call our sub like:
getenv ('my_env');

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getenv would execute my_env in a shell. The second command "env" would create output like:
ORACLE_SID=testp                      
NLS_LANG=American_America.WE8ISO8859P1
ORACLE=/opt/oracle

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These will be written into @envlines and then be set into the running Perl script's environment.

Removed parameter of "my_env" that was actually not used in this example.

pelagic

In reply to Re: Unix Aliases? by pelagic
in thread Unix Aliases? by Ronnie

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