On Wed, Jun 19, 2002 at 04:50:14PM +0200, Ivo Wever wrote: > Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > >When you run a script in a subshell, it can modify the environment of > >that subshell, then that subshell terminates (when the script is done) > >and you get the prompt from your original shell again. Unlike MS-DOS, > >scripts normally run in subshells and can't wreak havoc on your > >environment. If you want to run the script in the current shell, use > >one of the following commands : > > . ./.bash_profile > > source ./.bash_profile > > Isn't this (changing $PATH from a script) what the 'export' command is > for?
Unfortunately not. 'export' makes variables visible to subprocesses of a script, but not to the parent process (in other words, the shell from which you called that script). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
