Set of scripts using same variables

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Re: Set of scripts using same variables by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Mar 15, 2004 at 17:19 UTC
There are several modules on CPAN which will do this. Recommended are Config::Simple and Config::Tiny. -- I'm Not Just Another Perl Hacker	[reply]
Re: Set of scripts using same variables by tcf22 (Priest) on Mar 15, 2004 at 17:31 UTC
If they are configuration vars, then I would go with rinceWind's suggestion of the Config::* modules. If you have groups of scripts with that same piece of code, you can just stick it in a common script an `require` it. Script1.pl `require 'common_stuff.pl'; &common_function;` [download] common_stuff.pl `sub common_function(){ #...code goes here... }` [download] - Tom	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Set of scripts using same variables by matija (Priest) on Mar 15, 2004 at 17:32 UTC
You can do it that way, as long as `config.pl` (let's not call it `.txt`) has valid Perl syntax. And note that it must return a true value - usualy this is done by placing a `1;` on the last line of the file. Having said that, there are a whole lot of modules on CPAN that deal with reading configuration files, like Config::Tiny, Config::General or even Config::IniFiles if you happen to like that format.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Set of scripts using same variables by bart (Canon) on Mar 15, 2004 at 18:11 UTC
There are also quite a few options not in the Config::* hierarchy. YAML, for example, or XML::Simple.	[reply]
Re^3: Set of scripts using same variables by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Mar 15, 2004 at 20:40 UTC
Ugh, please don't use XML for configuration files (except if you particularly enjoy torturing users (or yourself)). Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply]