From:	Scott DOT Mintz AT po DOT cle DOT ab DOT com (Scott Mintz)
Subject:	Re: env command does not work correctly.
4 Apr 1997 22:37:11 -0800 :
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     env is a command typically used in csh-like shells. With bash, you can 
     just say:
     
     ONE=one TWO=two echo_1_2
     
     This also does not work with cygwin32 17.1.
     
     The simple statement: foo=hello echo $foo
     doesn't work.
     
     Also I am not real familiar with unix so I don't know if this is a bug 
     or not:  Only uppercase environment variables can be exported.
     
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Subject: env command does not work correctly.
Author:  Fabio AT Colorado DOT EDU at Internet
Date:    4/3/97 2:02 PM


>>>>> "JDR" == John D Robertson <john AT rrci DOT com> writes:
     
 JDR> Platform: Win95 / Intel Release: B17.1
     
 JDR> The "env" command does not set environmental variables as it is 
 JDR> supposed to.  For example:
     
 JDR>    env ONE=one TWO=two echo_1_2
     
 JDR> where echo_1_2 is a sh script:
     
env is a command typically used in csh-like shells. With bash, you 
can just say:
     
  ONE=one TWO=two echo_1_2
     
Under Linux, env works fine with both tcsh and bash.  I haven't tried 
env with cygwin---I wasn't even aware of its inclusion---and right now 
I have no access to my Win95 laptop. But it looks like a bug.
     
Fabio
     
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