From: "Alexander Veit" <list@nezwerg.de>
To: <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Environment variables don't export from within scripts
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:53:38 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <017301c60fe6$fd276530$0201010a@sampaw.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601021535.11517.kkerwin@insightbb.com>
Kris Kerwin wrote:
> I'm having difficulties exporting environment variables from within
> scripts. The problem doesn't seem to occur when exporting variables
> from the command line.
The script is executed by a subshell that has it's own environment. export
does not affect the caller's environment.
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#SEC51
The source command (.) may help you.
http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.html#SEC56
-Alex
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2006-01-02 21:35 [gentoo-user] Environment variables don't export from within scripts Kris Kerwin
2006-01-02 21:48 ` Richard Fish
2006-01-02 21:53 ` Alexander Veit [this message]
2006-01-02 22:30 ` Kris Kerwin
2006-01-03 0:38 ` Willie Wong
2006-01-02 22:16 ` Etaoin Shrdlu
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