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Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl

zatlas1
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Jun 24, 2011, 11:06 AM

Post #1 of 8 (2119 views)

Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl	Can't Post

Hi All

I need to set some local environment variables dynamically for a batch that I run (.cmd file, WinXP.)

I tried to issue a little Perl script from within the batch. To simplify, this is all:

Code

my $rc=system ("set ABC=value");  
 
print "$rc\n";

I get return code of 0, indicating that all went well.

back to the next command in the batch, I issue

set ABC

and get: 'Environment variable ABC not defined'

if I do this in the batch itself, I have no problem:

Code

set ABC=value  
 
set ABC

Is there a way to make the batch see my set commands?

Thanks

ZA

FishMonger
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Jun 24, 2011, 12:44 PM

Post #2 of 8 (2115 views)

Re: [zatlas1] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

The system function runs your set command in a child process and once that process ends, so does the environment setting that was made in that child process.

If the environment variables are to be used in the batch file, then why not simply set them within the batch file?

zatlas1
Novice

Jun 24, 2011, 2:32 PM

Post #3 of 8 (2108 views)

Re: [FishMonger] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thank you

I was afraid that this would be the answer.

The idea was to set environment variables dynamically according to a parameter file. The only thing I could try to think about is to issue Perl Exec() command to execute the batch as a child, but I am not sure it would work either. Will test on Monday...

ZA

(This post was edited by zatlas1 on Jun 25, 2011, 7:03 PM)

FishMonger
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Jun 24, 2011, 2:39 PM

Post #4 of 8 (2106 views)

Re: [zatlas1] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

Why not do everything in the Perl script and drop the batch file?

zatlas1
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Jun 25, 2011, 7:01 PM

Post #5 of 8 (2072 views)

Re: [FishMonger] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

Sure,

That would be the easy solution, but I am only a lowly consultant (i.e. temp) in a 10B company, and even the employees who work with me do not have enough influence (or will) to change existing system in another facility. We may just modify the little piece we are working on. Frown

Thank you all

(This post was edited by zatlas1 on Jun 25, 2011, 7:02 PM)

rovf
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Jun 27, 2011, 12:25 AM

Post #6 of 8 (2017 views)

Re: [zatlas1] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

Setting the environment within Perl is easy:

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$ENV{NAME_OF_ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE}='VALUE';

FishMonger
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Jun 27, 2011, 8:21 AM

Post #7 of 8 (1999 views)

Re: [zatlas1] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

If the Perl only approach is not acceptable with your employer, then you can have the batch file parse the parameter file and setup the environment. I'm not a batch programmer, so I can't help in that area.

The method rovf shows for setting the environment variables is the best method within Perl, but those env settings are only good within the Perl script, which doesn't sound like an acceptable approach in your case.

zatlas1
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Jun 27, 2011, 9:36 AM

Post #8 of 8 (1993 views)

Re: [FishMonger] Executing 'set' Windows commend from Perl [In reply to]	Can't Post

Thank you again

I cannot do it from within Perl. I will look into parsing it in batch, but this would be on another forum

ZA

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