Re: difference between PerlSetEnv and <Perl>$ENV{}=</Perl> ?

Okay, I figured it was something about the library being in a different
language.

Still, can someone explain why

   PerlSetEnv  ENV_VAR /my/value

has different effects than

   <Perl>
   $ENV{ENV_VAR} = '/my/value';
   </Perl>

?



On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:30 PM, Lloyd Richardson
<[email protected]>wrote:

> Do the PerlSetEnv as you are, and use this module to ensure it is visible
> from your pgplot lib env.****
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> http://search.cpan.org/dist/Env-C/C.pm****
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> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Charlie
> Katz
> *Sent:* March-26-12 2:26 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Cc:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: difference between PerlSetEnv and <Perl>$ENV{}=</Perl> ?***
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> I have also tried using SetEnv from mod_env, and neither the Perl nor the
> PGPLOT library can see the environment variable set that way.****
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> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Randolf Richardson <[email protected]>
> wrote:****
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > My web app uses the PGPLOT module to access PGPLOT, which is a scientific
> > plotting library commonly used in my field.  It is a Fortran library,
> with
> > a C wrapper around it, which is then wrapped in Perl.  This works fine in
> > my test scripts, producing the desired graphics.
> >
> > The library requires that the environment variable PGPLOT_DIR be set so
> it
> > can find some required files.  Running from the command line, I just set
> > this in the shell, and PGPLOT works fine.  Running in Apache, I see
> > different behavior:
> >
> > When I set this in httpd.conf:
> >   PerlSetEnv PGPLOT_DIR /my/pgplot/directory
> > my Perl programs can see the value in $ENV{PGPLOT_DIR}, but the PGPLOT
> > library can't, and my code fails.
> >
> > When I set this in httpd.conf:
> >   <Perl>
> >   $ENV{PGPLOT_DIR} = q[/my/pgplot/directory];
> >   </Perl>
> > my Perl programs can't see the value in $ENV, but the PGPLOT library can,
> > and my code works.
> >
> >
> > Can someone help me understand what the difference is between these two
> > cases?
> >
> > Is the situation muddled because the PGPLOT library is a
> > Perl-wrapped-C-wrapped-Fortran library?  I'm not sure how the environment
> > passing is supposed to work.****
>
>        Try this module:
>
>                http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_env.html
>
> Randolf Richardson - [email protected]
> Inter-Corporate Computer & Network Services, Inc.
> Beautiful British Columbia, Canada
> http://www.inter-corporate.com/
>
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