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Old 12-18-2009
run a script to set a globle varible?
Hi,

My original shell is csh, I don't likw it, so I have to run bash every time after I login, the problem is I have a script like

export PLOG=$1,

every time I run the script under bash, the PLOG won't be set, I know I can use source to set the PLOG, is there any other way to do it?

thanks.

peter
# 2  
Old 12-18-2009
If I get what you want:
put any commands you need to execute in a file .bashrc in your home directory.
Every time the shell starts it will read/execute the file, just as if you were to source it.
# 3  
Old 12-18-2009
When you execute the script, try using this syntax to make the environment variable which you set in the script stay in the environment.

Code:
. ./scriptname

(Dot space dot slash scriptname).
# 4  
Old 12-18-2009
thanks, it works.
Quote:
Originally Posted by methyl
When you execute the script, try using this syntax to make the environment variable which you set in the script stay in the environment.

Code:
. ./scriptname

(Dot space dot slash scriptname).
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