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From: george@hls0.hls.oz (George Turczynski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Shell variables - help
Message-ID: <944@hls0.hls.oz>
Date: 15 Oct 90 00:31:28 GMT
References: <1339@ul-cs.ulowell.edu>
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In article <1339@ul-cs.ulowell.edu>, mchetan@hawk.ulowell.edu (Munisuvratha Chetan) writes:
> I have a shell program that sets certain shell variables
> according to certain working environment.  If I execute this
> program after logging in, the login shell does not have those
> variables (of course, because the shell program is executed in
> a new shell).
> How do I tell the current shell to execute the shell program in
> the current shell, and NOT in a new shell ?
> Or, isn't there any such mechanism ?
> 
> Thanx a bunch.

What SHELL are you using ???

Oh well, use "source <filename>" in the C-SHELL (/bin/csh)
and ". <filename>" in the BOURNE-SHELL (/bin/sh).

Also, RTFM.

And by the way, is this on the FAQ list ?  If not perhaps it
should be.

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