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From: brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: c -> environment vars
Message-ID: <28923:Apr701:42:0791@kramden.acf.nyu.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 91 01:42:07 GMT
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In article <OWOPWXB@dobag.in-berlin.de> jac@dobag.in-berlin.de (Joerg Conradt) writes:
> Hello world
> is it possible, that a c-programm changes shell (environment) variables?

In other words, that a program change the environment variables of its
parent? The general answer is ``no.'' See the comp.unix.questions
Frequently Asked Questions list for more information.

---Dan