Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:20:11 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: export command not found? Message-ID: <45CE28FB.2080404@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <45CDBC2C.6050005@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <45CDB934.6080802@passagen.se> <45CDBC2C.6050005@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Matthew Seaman wrote: > Roger Olofsson wrote: >> Dear Mailing List, >> >> 6.2-STABLE FreeBSD just made world. >> >> # export VARIABLE value >> export: Command not found. >> >> >> What happened to export? >> >> Grateful for any answer! > > /bin/sh is not bash on FreeBSD. IF you're using /bin/sh, then you > need to assign and export values as separate operations: > > FOO=bar > export FOO > > Also, root's shell is not /bin/sh or anything of that ilk by default. > It is /bin/csh aka /bin/tcsh, and for that the syntax is: > > setenv FOO bar > > Cheers, > > Matthew Sorry, but that's incorrect. One line exports do work in either bash or sh: [gcooper@sprsd ~]$ export FOO=bar; echo $FOO bar [gcooper@sprsd ~]$ sh $ export FOO=bar; echo $FOO bar He's probably using (t)csh. -Garrett
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