system ('source "my_file"') has problem

[alonkatzir]

I try to do source action from perl script .the perl scrpit is trying to do :
system ('source "my_file")
the file being sourced contains setenv, echo, and alias cmd (a csh file)
when invoking the perl script it state that "setenv :command not found"
can anyone expain why it does not work ?

[numberwhun]

I try to do source action from perl script .the perl scrpit is trying to do :
system ('source "my_file")
the file being sourced contains setenv, echo, and alias cmd (a csh file)
when invoking the perl script it state that "setenv :command not found"
can anyone expain why it does not work ?

When you source this file on the command line, outside of the Perl script, does it work? If not, I would check and see if the setenv command is there.

Which Unix/Linux are you using and which shell?

Regards,

Jeff

[alonkatzir]

When you source this file on the command line, outside of the Perl script, does it work? If not, I would check and see if the setenv command is there.

Which Unix/Linux are you using and which shell?

Regards,

Jeff

the sorce file works fine when I run it outside of the perl
I am using csh on linux 32bit
thx Alon