Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-ncis!oodis01!dsachg1!sasc03
From: sasc03@dsachg1.UUCP (Ned D Hanks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Set parent env with csh script
Message-ID: <656@dsachg1.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 89 14:05:00 GMT
References: <174@v7fs1.UUCP>
Organization: SASC Services contracted to Defense Logistics Agency
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From article <174@v7fs1.UUCP>, by mvp@v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt):
> I asked comp.unix.questions, but got only blank stares.  So,
> maybe this is a wizardly type question...
  ...
> Is it possible for a subshell to changes the calling shell's 
> environment?  How?

No.  The enviroment of the child shell is a copy of the parents and goes
away when the shell exits.

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