From: Bill Verzal (BVerzal@KOMATSUNA.COM)
Date: Fri Nov 21 2003 - 14:57:59 EST
Even though you are exporting the variable, once the script exits, the
value will be erased because it is not passed back "up" the process tree.
If you run the script with a ".", it will perform as you expect.
# . ./setenv
(assuming your script is called "setenv"). Notice the dot/space/dot/slash
BV
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Hi,
Hopefully this is a quick question. I wrote a script to set an enviornment
variable based on the $USER value. The routine does not set the variable.
Below is the case statement we are using. What is going wrong that it
would not set the env variable ALLOW_AE_UDT in this routine? What is wrong
that if I add the line to set the env var at the end it still will not
work.
I am using the Korn Shell on AIX 5.2.
Thanks in Advance!!
Frank
fbright@uarts.edu
#!/usr/bin/ksh
# Trap common interrupts
#
case $USER in
#
frank)
echo 'Set to frank';
ALLOW_AE_UDT=NONE;
export ALLOW_AE_UDT;;
*)
echo 'Set to all other users'
export ALLOW_AE_UDT=ALL;;
esac
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