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Re: Perl question

Posted by Peter Palfrader aka Weasel on 1999-10-12

On Tue, Oct 12, 1999 at 02:35:42AM +0200, Frank Hale wrote:

> Okay I got two perl files

> require "main.pl";

What you are doing or trying to make is not a Good Thing (tm). You
should define a sub with a well defined set of in and outputs in your
mail.pl and then call it after require-ing the file. That way you
don't risk altering variables et cetera.

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