Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 11:08:25 -0700 From: Josef Grosch <jgrosch@mooseriver.com> To: patl@phoenix.volant.org, Sascha Schumann <sas@schell.de> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BASH prompt question [Env var style] Message-ID: <19980812110825.A20682@mooseriver.com> In-Reply-To: <ML-3.3.902942045.7962.patl@asimov>; from patl@phoenix.volant.org on Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 10:14:05AM -0700 References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980804031907.17819A-100000@www.schell.de> <ML-3.3.902942045.7962.patl@asimov>
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On Wed, Aug 12, 1998 at 10:14:05AM -0700, patl@phoenix.volant.org wrote:
> > My profile files etc are set up in the way
> >
> > A=asdasd
> > B=sthelse
> > C=hohoh
> >
> > export A B C
> >
> > So, I don't have to type 1000s of exports...
>
> I prefer:
>
> declare -x A=asdasd
> declare -x B=sthelse
> declare -x C=hohoh
>
> or
>
> declare -x A=asdasd B=sthelse C=hohoh
>
> It keeps the exportation and declaration together; and I think it
> looks cleaner than separate exports. Of course, it doesn't work
> in classic Bourne shell...
I am normally a bash user but when forced I will use ksh. I generally use
export foo=blah
but the following works with Bourne
foo=blah; export foo
I also perfer to keep my exportation and declarations together .
Josef
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