change environment variable via script

[Alex Dean]

On Dec 23, 2005, at 9:21 AM, Darrin Chandler wrote:
> export CVSROOT
>
> Each shell gets a copy of the environment. Mods are local by  
> default. Think about it a moment and you'll see why it must be that  
> way.

The script already did 'export CVSROOT', with no effect.


On Dec 23, 2005, at 9:17 AM, Scott wrote:

> The script itself is a shell session, so as soon as it ends, all  
> information contained within would be eliminated and not carried  
> over to your current environment.  A solution is to functionalize  
> the script, like this:

That did it, thanks!

alex
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