How to export a shell variable within a Perl script?

Question

I have a shell script, with a list of shell variables, which is executed before entering a programming environment.

I want to use a Perl script to enter the programm

Answer 1

This can now be done with the Env::Modify module

use Env::Modify 'source';   # or use Env::Modify qw(source system);
source("environment_defaults.sh");
... environment from  environment_defaults.sh  is now available
... to Perl and to the following 'system' call
system("obe");