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Old 01-24-2012
Translate csh to ksh

Hi!

I need to translate those line in csh (to initialise variable) into ksh construct.
Any help would be appreciated! I don't know how to replace them Smilie
Thanks

Hulu
Code:
setenv TestHul "$0 $*"
setenv JG `setenvp "JG" "" "$*"`
setenv A_1 `setenvp "A_1" "NA" "$*"`

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Last edited by vbe; 01-24-2012 at 01:27 PM..
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Old 01-24-2012
Look into the export command

Csh

--ahamed
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Old 01-24-2012
I dont think setenvp is a csh command - perhaps a local alias or script?
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