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Subject: Re: How to have a script set an environment variable
To: jim@freeze.org (Jim Freeze)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 23:56:19 -0400 (EDT)
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	What about

#!/usr/local/tcsh
set terminal = `tty`
if ($terminal == /dev/your_terminal) then
	setenv TEST "test"
end
unset terminal

	and in .logout

unsetenv TEST

	I have read people's opinions on writing cshell scripts, but I havn't
run into any problems with them.  Or maybe this doesn't help at all.

Ian

In the last episode, Jim Freeze stated...
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I don't know if this can be done, but I am would like
> to write a script that would set an environment variable
> for a particular terminal window.
> 
> I am running tcsh. If I write a script such as:
> #! /bin/sh
> set TEST "test"
> export TEST
> 
> TEST is set for the script, but not for the parent
> terminal. Is there a switch I can send to /bin/sh
> to use the parent's environment?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> =========================================================
> Jim Freeze
> jim@freeze.org
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> No comment at this time.
> http://www.freeze.org
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