> From: Brian Rowe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Hello,
> If I export CLASSPATH=blah on the command line it
> works fine. If I write a shell program that sets the
> CLASSPATH it won't set it! When I echo the value its
> right from the script, but when its done the CLASSPATH
> is not set. Any id
Brian,
No, it's not odd. It's correct.
This is a generic thing about how environment variables work and is in no
way specific to the CLASSPATH variable (or any other PATH or pre-defined or
built-in variable) nor is this specific or peculiar to Cygwin.
When you execute a shell script such as t
This is the way shells usually work. When you execute a shell script, it
gets executed as a new process. Unfortunately, child processes cannot
affect the environment of the calling parent. This means that the process
executing the shell script cannot influence the environment of the process
giv
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