How do I set an environment variable in Perl?
environment-variables, perl
Solution
You can do it like this:
$ENV{HOME} = 'something different';
But please note that this will only have an effect within the rest of your script. When your script exits, the calling shell will not see any changes.
As `perldoc -v %ENV` says:
`%ENV` The hash `%ENV` contains your current environment. Setting a value in "ENV" changes the environment for any child processes you subsequently "`fork()`" off.
Problem
How do I set an environment variable in Perl? I want to set `$HOME` to a different directory than the default.