
Variables
Environment variables
Available to this shell process and any child processes
Examples include $HOME, $MAIL, $PATH, $DISPLAY
Export the variable using 'export'
~/build$ set | grep bld
bld=/home/george/build
~/build$ /usr/bin/env | grep bld
~/build$ export bld
~/build$ /usr/bin/env | grep bld
bld=/home/george/build
Copyright 2005, Bri Hatch of Onsight, Inc.
Presented at LFNW - LinuxFest Northwest, Bellingham, Washington, Apr 2005
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