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Old 12-10-2005, 10:18 PM   #1
Milosevic
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Shell variables


Whats the difference between:

a=10

and

export a=10

Cheers, Milosevic.
 
Old 12-10-2005, 10:31 PM   #2
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The two 'a' variables here will have different scope; the first is a local variable, the second is an environmental variable.

http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/othertypesv.html
 
Old 12-10-2005, 10:32 PM   #3
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a=10 assigns the value "10" to the shell variable "a".

export "a=10" assigns the value ... and propagates that value to any child shells.

Use "export" whenever you want a variable to be accessible to any subshells of your script.

You can find more details here:
http://vertigo.hsrl.rutgers.edu/ug/shell_help.html

PS:
anomie and I apparently clicked "send" almost simultaneously (hence this edit). Lest there be an confusion - we're both saying pretty much the same thing.

Last edited by paulsm4; 12-10-2005 at 10:35 PM.
 
  


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