hi.. i have the following simple script... # .foo # User specific environment and startup programs JAVA_HOME=/opt/IBMJava2-141 export JAVA_HOME ------------------- when i do a >./foo.sh, and then do a echo $JAVA_HOME, i don't see the exported variable. foo.sh has the exe bit set (777). any idea what i'm doing wrong. i'm using fc4. i'm basically trying to figure out how to create a env var, and export the var. thanks -bruce