Re: export problem.

2002-10-13 Thread Randall R Schulz
David, Use the "source" command to process the script so that its variable-setting side-effects occur in your shell. Otherwise those variable settings happen in a sub-shell (and for exported variables, any processes it invokes). The "source" command has a synonym: "." % help source source: so

export problem.

2002-10-13 Thread David Ryan
I have very simple script that all it needs to do is export some environment variables. I can't seem to get it to work. All it does is.. export PS2DEV=/usr/ps2dev If I do this on the command line it works fine.. and if I place it in /etc/profile it works also. I assume whats happenning is

Re: export problem.

2002-10-13 Thread Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
At 10:20 PM 10/12/2002, David Ryan wrote: >I have very simple script that all it needs to do is export some environment >variables. I can't seem to get it to work. All it does is.. > >export PS2DEV=/usr/ps2dev > >If I do this on the command line it works fine.. and if I place it in /etc/profi

Re: export problem.

2002-10-13 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
David, This is not a Cygwin bug, this is the way bash is supposed to work. Try 'man bash3618g'. Also, searching the archives for 'bash environment export' would have revealed some relevant messages. Igor On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, David Ryan wrote: > I have very simple script that all it need