Monks, I've dealt with this before with no issues; I've tried a lot of different scenarios so I could try to get this particular issue resolved.

I am trying to pass $nossl to a subprocess in order for it to be handled. For some reason the variable ends up empty once I try to declare it inside of the subprocess.

if ($nossl) {
   &mkdirs($nossl);
}

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sub mkdirs {


    # Can be used to build SSL and non-SSL sites.
my $nossl;
my $newsite = $nossl;

    if ( -e "/virtual/$newsite" ) {
        die "The site \"$newsite\"  must already be built!\n";
    }
    else {
        my %mkdircmd = (
            virtual   => "mkdir /virtual/$newsite",
            apachedir => "mkdir /etc/httpd/conf/$newsite",
            ssl_crt   => "mkdir /etc/httpd/conf/$newsite/ssl.crt",
            ssl_csr   => "mkdir /etc/httpd/conf/$newsite/ssl.csr",
            ssl_key   => "mkdir /etc/httpd/conf/$newsite/ssl.crt",
            logs      => "mkdir /var/log/httpd/$newsite"
        );

        system( $mkdircmd {'virtual'} );
        system( $mkdircmd {'apachedir'} );
        system( $mkdircmd {'ssl_crt'} );
        system( $mkdircmd {'ssl_csr'} );
        system( $mkdircmd {'ssl_key'} );
        system( $mkdircmd {'logs'} );
        sleep 2;
        print "Directories have been built!\n";
    }
}

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