Re: CLASSPATH in perl on windows using cygwin

Adding to this, I would like to know what is the best way to set the classpath from PERL script. Do I need to hardcode the path inside the script, or should it be read from a separate file and do something like:

$ENV{CLASSPATH}=`cat file_with_classpath`;
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This further confuses me, since why not just do

$CLASSPATH=`cat file_with_classpath`;
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since the java will be called as:java -classpath $CLASSPATH myprogram abc`;
I am finding this really confusing. !! Please clarify.

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Re^2: CLASSPATH in perl on windows using cygwin by hardburn (Abbot) on Aug 26, 2004 at 18:50 UTC
$CLASSPATH=`cat file_with_classpath`; is perfectly acceptable, and probably better in general than setting an environment var. I might have Perl open the file on its own to read the contents instead of calling `cat`, though. IO::All is nice for this: `use IO::All; $CLASSPATH = io('file_with_classpath')->slurp;` [download] "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^2: CLASSPATH in perl on windows using cygwin
by hardburn (Abbot) on Aug 26, 2004 at 18:50 UTC

$CLASSPATH=`cat file_with_classpath`; is perfectly acceptable, and probably better in general than setting an environment var. I might have Perl open the file on its own to read the contents instead of calling cat, though. IO::All is nice for this:

use IO::All;
$CLASSPATH = io('file_with_classpath')->slurp;
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