> Perhaps a tad OT. From the command line, if I do "export FOO='bar'" and > then do export -p, the result is as expected. > > However, if I do the same thing in a script: > #!/bin/bash > export FOO="bar" > > . . . it does not create the variable. export -p and it's not there. > > Where am I going wrong? What don't I get? > > Thanks. When you run from a script if forks and runs in it's on environment. The export is only seen in the script environment. -- Richard E Miles Federal Way WA. registered linux user 46097
