Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.ge.com (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: Changing the environment in sh Keywords: sh export shell Message-ID: <12096@steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 8 Sep 88 18:03:42 GMT References: <59@csnz.nz> Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 9 You have to execute the original shell script with the current shell. If you say setup1 # you get a new shell while . setup1 # will allow env changes -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {uunet | philabs}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me