[vox-tech] perl question: ENV

[Peter Jay Salzman]

yeah, the var is accessed via $$, like echo $$.

i actually tried backslashing the $ before posting, and it still didn't
work and it didn't work.  :(

pete

begin Jay Strauss <jjstrauss@yahoo.com> 
> I don't know what that variable
> 
> If in the shell you do:
> echo $$ and it prints
> then in perl do:
> my $file = $ENV{\$}
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <p@dirac.org>
> To: <vox-tech@lists.lugod.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 10:05 AM
> Subject: [vox-tech] perl question: ENV
> 
> 
> > i need access to the shell variable $$.   tried this:
> > 
> > my $file = $ENV{$};
> > 
> > which didn't work.  i managed to do it with:
> > 
> > my $file = `echo $$`;
> > 
> > but i'm curious -- is there a way to access $$ with the ENV hash?
> > 
> > pete
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