12-26-2008
Here is the solution for those who come across this thread in the future.
The problem in a nutshell is that a script itself runs in a sub-shell, so setting environment variables in that script only sets them in the sub-shell (which is destroyed when the script finishes). The solution is to run the script using the 'source' command which allows the script to change the environment variables in the calling shell.
In my case, I am calling a script that calls a script that sets environment variables:
source myscript.sh
- and myscript.sh will contain a line: source winenv.set.sh
note that a period can be used instead of 'source'.
. myscript.sh
. winenv.set.sh
More information here:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-05/msg01011.html
Last edited by bobban; 12-26-2008 at 02:23 AM..
Reason: more info
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NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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FIELDS
prefixes
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METHODS
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install
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scan
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preinst
prerm
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AUTHOR
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