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eval `cat subroute_file.pl`;

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Re^3: calling perl subroutines in other files
by tachyon (Chancellor) on Sep 26, 2004 at 11:51 UTC

    ....and evaluate why would you do that when you should be required to use the lovely module architecture ;-)

    As merlyn notes do is better than eval cat which is not portable.

    cheers

    tachyon

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