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Re: help with exporting variables
- To: Bob McGowan <rmcgowan at veritas dot com>, malcolmg at gammacomputer dot com
- Subject: Re: help with exporting variables
- From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 05:34:41 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
--- Bob McGowan <rmcgowan@veritas.com> wrote:
> Malcolm Garland wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm Malcolm. I've created a series of bourne shell scripts which set a
> series of environment > variables. Using bash, we are attempting to
> export/use these scripts on NT. When we run a > single line: "bash
> 'script-name', the variables are set locally, but the NT "global" environment
> > variables are not modified. When execute the exact scripts, AFTER entering
> the bash environment > (i.e., level with the bash prompt versus the DOS
> prompt) the environment variables are set > globally. How can we alter the
> NT global environment variables using a single line command > directive such
> as,
> > $ bash "script-name" Options?
>
> Maybe?
>
> bash -c "source script-name"
>
NO!! It is impossible to do what Malcolm wants the way he wants to do it. It
is the nature of the way parent/child processes work. The child can inherit
from the parent; but, the parent can't inherit from the child.
Cheers,
=====
---
Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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