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Export Arrays in ksh

Hello everybody!

Why I can export arrays in ksh?
I trie this for exemplo:

In parent script

array[0]=a
array[1]=b
array[2]=c

export array

When I see the variable array in child script there are only first index.

For exemplo in child script

+echo ${array[*]}
a

But I want all index.
Any idea?
 
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