On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:42:19 -0700, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 2005-10-24, Eric Brunel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> The only think you can export an environment variable to is a >> >> child process >> > >> > Well, you know that, and I know that too. From my experience, >> > many people don't... >> >> True. Using Unix for 20+ years probably warps one's perception >> of what's obvious and what isn't. > > This specific issue is identical in Windows, isn't it? I do not know > any OS which does have the concept of "environment variable" yet lets > such variables be ``exported'' to anything but a child process.
AmigaDOS, if I recall correctly. Its "ENV:" drive/namespace is global, and that's its closest thing to Unix environment variables. /Jorgen -- // Jorgen Grahn <jgrahn@ Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu \X/ algonet.se> R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
