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From: Alexander Veit <list@×××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Environment variables don't export from within scripts
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 22:02:05
Message-Id: 017301c60fe6$fd276530$0201010a@sampaw.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Environment variables don't export from within scripts by Kris Kerwin
1 Kris Kerwin wrote:
2
3 > I'm having difficulties exporting environment variables from within
4 > scripts. The problem doesn't seem to occur when exporting variables
5 > from the command line.
6
7 The script is executed by a subshell that has it's own environment. export
8 does not affect the caller's environment.
9 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#SEC51
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11 The source command (.) may help you.
12 http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#SEC56
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14
15 -Alex
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Re: [gentoo-user] Environment variables don't export from within scripts Kris Kerwin <kkerwin@×××××××××.com>