On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Reid, Rowan (GSP) wrote:

what does export do ?

It passes the value of a shell variable, giving a meaning to the variable. For example, a variable defined in a shell script must be exported if its value will be used in other programs called by the script. export [options] [name=[value]] -- Yatsen Ng Den Haag, The Netherlands yatsenng@casema.net It said "Needs Windows 95 or better". So I installed Linux... -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/