Hi,

I have a Perl script that relies on $ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'}.

However, it may be that the account I run the script under has not set $ORACLE_HOME.

The setting of $ORACLE_HOME in the shell is performed by executing (sourcing) the following in .bashrc of the account: . /etc/profiles/bashrc.ora.v.10 (it contains lines like: "<b>export ORACLE_BASE=/oracle</b> and <b>export ORACLE_HOME=$ORACLE_BASE/v10.2.0</b> depending on the Oracle version).

My question is, how can I source '/etc/profiles/bashrc.ora.v.10' in my Perl script, and have the results inserted in the script's current environment ?

Note: I cannot just write $ENV{ORACLE_HOME}='/oracle/v10.2.0' ;, as the Oracle version is not known to my script.

Thanks,

Ron.

In reply to How to change a script's environment after the script is already run, based on shell sourcing ? by ronbarak

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