Exporting to a super shell

sggrubb · 02-18-2003, 09:54 AM

How do I export to a super thread.
If I export say test

export test="Somthing"

that only make $test equal "Something" in sub Shells

How do I ""export"" a variable so that it is available in the shell that called the file. ie

file1:

#! /bin/sh
echo $TEST
./file2
echo $TEST

file2:

#! /bin/sh
Some Command $TEST="SOMETHING"

So that running file1 produces this output
<NOTHING HERE TEST NOT SET YET>
"SOMETHING"

Thanks

finidi · 02-18-2003, 10:34 AM

Variables can be exported down to child shells but no way to do this to PARENT shells.

Normally global variables are exported in the file /etc/profile or in a the file which is executed when any new shell starts, that way global variables propagates down automatically to new child shells.