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09-23-2008

jim mcnamara jim mcnamara is offline

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try:

Code:

VAR=some/value
export VAR

You cannot have export on the line where the value is assigned to the variable.
The Bourne Shell does not export environment variables to children unless explicitly instructed to do so by using the export command.