Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 16:05:29 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: declare -x Message-ID: <3980C039.3AB2A9EC@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007271356350.93317-100000@web2.sea.nwserv.com>
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Jim Freeze wrote: > > I accidently discoverd that I can use > > declare -x ENVVAR="value" > > from a bash command line to set an environment variable. > > However, I cannot find 'declare' in the man pages (so I don't know what > the -x does) and I cannot run this in a script. Works only from the > command line. It's a bash'ism. Items like this that don't appear in the system (only in the shell) can usually be found in the man page for that shell. I don't recommend using declare at all, it's much better to use export, since it also works in sh scripts, and is portable across systems. HTH, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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