Just print the string to stdout. The REXX script should be able to read
that directly, rather than the temp file.
That's what Alan was suggesting with 'eval'. I don't know REXX, so I'll
give you a bash example. If your C application needed to set a variable
called "IFNAME" in the parent bash script, it could printf the value
before it exits, like so:
printf( "IFNAME=\"%s\"", ifname_value );
It could even printf more than one such statement. The format of that
statement is a bash variable assignment. If the bash script were to
call that C program like this:
eval `my-print-ifname`
The bash script would execute the program, read the output, and execute
those commands itself. As a result, the variables that the C program
wrote to stdout are interpreted and assigned in the bash process.
On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 09:49, Xanh wrote:
> Thank you for all the replies. Now I understand why.
> Here is my problem. I have a script (written in REXX, a interpreted
> scripting language) that need to read a string created by a C program.
> Currently, I use a temporary file. The C code writes the string to a file
> and then latter the script will read it. I hope to simplify things by using
> an environment variable, but it does not seem to be working. What would
> you do to solve this problem?
>
> Regards,
> Nemo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Peery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 3:12 AM
> Subject: Re: How to modify evironment variables in a C program
>
> >
> > As designed. If any child program could alter the values of the
> environment
> > setting in their parent process, chaos could ensue. Imagine for a moment
> that
> > I convince you to play my game called "rogue"--and then change your
> session so
> > that your path is altered to find different commands.
> >
> > Try "man sh", then search for "eval" within the man page.
> >
> > Alan
> >
>
>
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