"Eric G. Miller" wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 07:04:07PM +1000, Russell wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Why won't export work? When i run this > > bash script on debian 3: > > > > #!/bin/sh > > ABC=def > > export ABC > > exit 0 > > > > when i type 'export', then ABC doesn't > > appear in the list of environment variables. > > A process can't change the environment of it's parent. What are you > trying to do?
I'm modifying a crappy script i made for copying everything on the main HDD to another HDD on /mnt, to make a backup. Some directories need to be skipped like /proc, /mnt, etc, but i still want to copy the top level directory names. Is there a command to copy say /cdrom with the attributes preserved but without copying any contents? I didn't realize that 'source' and just running/executing the script were handled differently (i think i knew a couple of years ago; i'll have to read the whole bash book again;) I'm persisting also just to relearn bash, because it's useful to know when i do some more C programming projects. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
