Russell wrote: > > "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 trying to export a variable so that i can see what it was > set to at that point in the script. What would be an easy way > to do this, without using "source ./script" ? I don't want to > use 'source', because i'd have to remove numerous exit statements, > to prevent killing the current shell.
I'm getting too confused now. I could just use echo <variable>. Time to stop i think;) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
