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From: ciemo@bananapc.wpd.sgi.com (Dave Ciemiewicz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: exportto
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Date: 18 Dec 89 18:54:37 GMT
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In article <8912151417.aa02211@SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, JORDAN@gmr.COM writes:
> Does anyone out there know what exportto does?
> 

In the posting just prior to this one, you mentioned using "ps -e" to
look at the list of processes.  Unfortunately, "ps -e" trucates process
names to 8 characters.  If you use "ps -ef", you get a more complete process
command name including arguments.

In your case, doing a "ps -ef" will probably show you that "exportto" is
really "exporttonews".  exporttonews with no arguments will put the
your current environment variables in 4Sight's (the news_server's) environment.

exporttonews is used by the news_server to import your environment on startup.
You can use exporttonews to extend your news_server's environment while it
is running if you are experimenting with NeWS applications which depend on
your environment.

						--- Dave