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Old 02-22-2006
difference between set and export

Hi,

can anybody tell me what is the difference between set and export in unix.

-Ashish
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Old 02-22-2006
It varies by shell, but basically the set command is used to define a variable for the current shell. The export command is used to define the variable as one that subshells (shells spawned from the original) should inherit.
 
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