Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!wuarchive!texbell!bellcore!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: danj1@cbnewse.ATT.COM (Dan Jacobson, Naperville, IL) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: In /bin/sh: BLA=66 -->;<-- export BLA Message-ID: <1532@cbnewse.ATT.COM> Date: 7 Oct 89 13:38:58 GMT Reply-To: danj1@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Dan Jacobson) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 12 In Bourne (Korn too) shell, I've seen the cool guys write: BLA=66 export BLA Is this guaranteed :-) to always have the same effect as: BLA=66; export BLA Signed Nervous, Naperville, IL -- Dan Jacobson, 45262, IH 1D-213, AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, IL (312) 979-6364 (until 10/89 try 4407) danj1@ihlpa.att.com ihlpa!danj1