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Date:      Thu, 27 Jul 2000 23:35:06 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: declare -x
Message-ID:  <20000727233506.O59315@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007271356350.93317-100000@web2.sea.nwserv.com>
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

Huh? "declare" is clearly documented in bash(1).  I'm not sure why it
only works from the command line, but then I haven't read the manpage
carefully.  That's for you to do now. :-)

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