Re^2: Set shell environment variables from within a perl script

system("cvs whatever") and die;

I might be wrong but wouldn't exec("cvs whatever"); have the same effect?

Cheers,

JohnGG

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Re^3: Set shell environment variables from within a perl script by Joost (Canon) on May 05, 2008 at 18:15 UTC
Only if the system line is the last one in the program (exec never returns, unless it completely fails to start the new program). "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]