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From: tvf@cci632.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Export
Message-ID: <29882@cci632.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 89 19:49:10 GMT
Reply-To: tvf@ccird7.UUCP (Tom Frauenhofer)
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<I think this is a wizardly question...>

How does the shell mechanism to export a variable work?  Are there two
environment lists, one public, one private, that a given process uses?

Just curious, that's all...

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