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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ENV: variables (and Arp Set strangeness)
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Date: 9 Sep 88 07:21:58 GMT
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:  But Matt, you already GOT that! (you DO use your Shell, don't you?) Use the
:Arp C:Set command for global variables that are accessable to any process, and
:the Shell's built-in "set" for privates. Admittedly, these are not part of the
:"standard" AmigaOS, but they are both public domain. This system works fine for
:me on my Aztec disk - the compiler's INCLUDE, CCTEMP and CLIB variables are
:global and each shell gets to create its own _path, _prompt and so on. I'm
:going to add support for the Arp Set variables to the Shell (along with all the
:other stuff I'm adding). I'm making so many changes that this thing could
:qualify for a new release instead of just diff's.
:
:  BTW, I did figure out the semicolon business with Arp's Set:
:
:1> Set "INCLUDE=path1;path2;path3"  "CLIB=path4;path5;path6;;"

	I suggest everybody, including the ARP people and Manx, switch 
over to ENV: ... I've already added ENV: support to DME and my Shell, both
of which are now in Beta for the next release (send those bug reports!).  HOW
I'm going to post them I do not know yet.

					-Matt