Any one know how to set an alias in the perl, and use it after the perl script end

[Lim kiang Leng]

Any one know how to set an alias in the perl, and use it after the perl script end

 

[Anno Siegel]

Any one know how to set an alias in the perl, and use it after the perl
script end

You can't. The perl script runs as one process, the shell as another.
One process cannot set an alias for another.

You can use the shell's eval for a similar effect. The perl script
must print out the aliias definition:

print "alias boo echo boo boo BOO\n";

Saying

eval `perl_script`

will define the alias.

Anno

 

[Joe Smith]

Any one know how to set an alias in the perl, and use it after the perl script end

Shell aliases are held in the shell's private memory; perl cannot access it.

perldoc -q changed

-Joe

 

[Ben Morrow]

Quoth (e-mail address removed) (Lim kiang Leng):

Any one know how to set an alias in the perl, and use it after the perl script end

See perldoc -q environment.

Ben