Perl program to configure multiple Windows paths
- From: mhthomas <qnxodba@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 03:13:06 -0400
Hi,
I've written a small Perl program (open source) that manages the
Windows path environment. Its useful for configuring the Windows path
environment prior to running either DOS or WIN32 programs. For
example, its possible to simultaneously run DOS or WIN32 programs,
from different versions of Oracle, using a single user account.
I use it to simultaneously run different versions of Oracle DB on my
laptop in a single user session. For example, I'm running 8.1.7,
9.2.0, 10.1.0 simultaneously, in a single user session.
Obviously, this concept is somewhat of a hack (see related oracle-l
postings), but might be very useful for a laptop or other light-weight
user. The risk is for programs that re-read the path environment
during execution, after you changed it, and they crash or otherwise
fail. It appears to work for programs that only read the path
environment when launched.
Does anyone care to evaluate and comment?
Regards,
Mike Thomas
(PS: If there is any interest I can forward a copy of the program. It
requires perl. If there is an /overwhelming/ response, then maybe I'll
ask someone to host a copy of it for me)
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