From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Oct 2 07:05:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA01195 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:05:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from abc.xyz.net (froggy.anchorage.ptialaska.net [208.151.119.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA01171 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:05:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) From: groggy@iname.com Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abc.xyz.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id GAA04233 for ; Fri, 2 Oct 1998 06:05:48 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from groggy@iname.com) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 06:05:48 -0800 (AKDT) X-Sender: abc@abc.xyz.net To: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: .profile exports In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 2 Oct 1998 groggy@iname.com wrote: actually, i need to be more specific, since this problem only occurs in certain circumstances ... #!/bin/sh echo ~/.profile export TERM=cons25 ENV=~/.shinit; export ENV echo if the above is my .profile, with aliases in ~./shinit (as follows), the first alias, "a", does not work ... i apologize for not checking further possibilities before my original post. #!/bin/sh #echo ~/.shinit set -E alias a="alias | sort | more" alias q="cd /home/abc; l" > i've noticed this wierd problem > since 1.5 RELEASE's ... > > in a users ".profile" : > > export VARIABLE=value > > never works. only : > > VARIABLE=value; export VARIABLE > > works. even : > > export VARIABLE1=value1 > VARIABLE=value2; export VARIABLE2 > > causes neither variable to be set. > is this a bug, or is there a logical > explanation? > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------------- For the best in *Quality and Price* call PCWare for all your Hardware and Internetworking needs! Ph. 907-522-8572 Anchorage, AK U.S.A. FingerPrint BA09868C 1B995204 58410FD3 A5E7B2DA http://www.poboxes.com/plan9 * groggy@iname.com ------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message