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- package Env;
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- Env - perl module that imports environment variables
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- use Env;
- use Env qw(PATH HOME TERM);
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- Perl maintains environment variables in a pseudo-hash named %ENV. For
- when this access method is inconvenient, the Perl module C<Env> allows
- environment variables to be treated as simple variables.
-
- The Env::import() function ties environment variables with suitable
- names to global Perl variables with the same names. By default it
- does so with all existing environment variables (C<keys %ENV>). If
- the import function receives arguments, it takes them to be a list of
- environment variables to tie; it's okay if they don't yet exist.
-
- After an environment variable is tied, merely use it like a normal variable.
- You may access its value
-
- @path = split(/:/, $PATH);
-
- or modify it
-
- $PATH .= ":.";
-
- however you'd like.
- To remove a tied environment variable from
- the environment, assign it the undefined value
-
- undef $PATH;
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- Chip Salzenberg E<lt>F<chip@fin.uucp>E<gt>
-
- =cut
-
- sub import {
- my ($callpack) = caller(0);
- my $pack = shift;
- my @vars = @_ ? @_ : keys(%ENV);
- return unless @vars;
-
- eval "package $callpack; use vars qw("
- . join(' ', map { '$'.$_ } @vars) . ")";
- die $@ if $@;
- foreach (@vars) {
- tie ${"${callpack}::$_"}, Env, $_ if /^[A-Za-z_]\w*$/;
- }
- }
-
- sub TIESCALAR {
- bless \($_[1]);
- }
-
- sub FETCH {
- my ($self) = @_;
- $ENV{$$self};
- }
-
- sub STORE {
- my ($self, $value) = @_;
- if (defined($value)) {
- $ENV{$$self} = $value;
- } else {
- delete $ENV{$$self};
- }
- }
-
- 1;
-