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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>
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Subject: Re: BASH prompt question [Env var style]
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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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