On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 03:44:33PM -0800, Aaron Davies wrote: > On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:46 PM, Thomas Adam wrote: > >On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 03:30:38PM -0600, > >bradley.sch...@usbank.com wrote: > > > >>I'm calling screen from a script and want to set the session > >>name based on > >>run-time parameters. So I'm using a command similar to: > >> > >>VARNAME=FOO > >>screen -S $VARNAME > > > >Do you not need to still export VARNAME? > > > no, it should be being expanded by the shell, not screen, and
Actually, yes. This is *exactly* the problem. Not all shells have sticky export stuff like bourne shells. Ksh/tcsh, are notable in point -- and as I believe this was running on AIX, these shells are more likely being used by default. Give the OP already told me this worked for him -- case closed. -- Thomas Adam -- "It was the cruelest game I've ever played and it's played inside my head." -- "Hush The Warmth", Gorky's Zygotic Mynci. _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users
