That format looks like legal perl, so it can be as simple as: do 'config.file';.

As it is, that won't survive strict, so you need to declare your variables. They will need to be in the symbol table because lexicals have file scope, and do FILE's cannot see lexicals from the caller.

An example: 

$ cat >cfg.pl
$foo='/foodir/';
$bar='/bardir/';
$baz='/baz/dir/';

$ cat >cfg
#!/usr/bin/perl
my ($foo,$baz);
do 'cfg.pl';
print $foo,$/;
print $bar,$/;
print $baz,$/;

$ chmod 755 cfg
$ ./cfg

/bardir/

$

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The lexicals $foo and $baz mask the global versions, but global $bar is seen.

Changing the lexical my line to use vars qw/$foo $bar $baz/;, and useing strict and warnings, we get 

$ ./cfg
/foodir/
/bardir/
/baz/dir/
$

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It's tempting to make the config file more independent by declaring its variables within it, but forcing users to know the names will prevent nasty namespace collisions.

After Compline,
Zaxo

In reply to Re: Config file by Zaxo
in thread Config file by cajun

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