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From: gangwani@andromeda.rutgers.edu.rutgers.edu (Sunil Gangwani)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Setting environment from inside a pg.
Keywords: C, environment, DOS
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Date: 25 Nov 90 05:58:12 GMT
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Hi,

With the system() function call a new shell is executed in
DOS or UNIX.  I would like the set an environment variable from
inside a program so that the variable exists when I exit the
program??

Ex. in DOS

system("set var=Hello");

The above will not work because a new command.com is executed
and exited immediately.  How can I overcome this simple problem??

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thanks in advance


Sunil Gangwani