CLASSPATH via Perl $EVN or eval?

[static_void]

I need to set the JAVA class path via a perl-script. $ENV set's the variables of child-processes, how can I do something equivalent to export CLASSPATH=foo and have it stick. I did a perldoc -q enviroment, and it mentioned something about eval, I tinkerd with eval some but with no joy.

Any Help would be great.

[Unne]

From perldoc perlfaq8:

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       I {changed directory, modified my environment} in a perl script.  How come the
       change disappeared when I exited the script?  How do I get my changes to be vis-
       ible?


       Unix
           In the strictest sense, it can't be done--the script executes as a different
           process from the shell it was started from.  Changes to a process are not
           reflected in its parent--only in any children created after the change.
           There is shell magic that may allow you to fake it by eval()ing the script's
           output in your shell; check out the comp.unix.questions FAQ for details.

I think they mean printing stuff to STDOUT from your Perl script that your shell will eval itself, i.e. running your Perl script like this (using bash):

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chester ~ $ cat script.pl
print qq|export TEST=yep|;
chester ~ $ echo $TEST

chester ~ $ eval `perl script.pl`
chester ~ $ echo $TEST
yep

See also http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/ perhaps. (Part 2 has stuff about environment variables.)

[static_void]

That works perfectly, thanks for clearing that up~