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Subject:	RE: Bash script and export CLASSPATH
Date:	Wed, 2 Oct 2002 14:21:00 -0500
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From:	"Richardson, Tony" <ar63 AT evansville DOT edu>
To:	"Brian Rowe" <schwaa98 AT yahoo DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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> From: Brian Rowe [mailto:schwaa98 AT yahoo DOT com] 
> Hello,
> If I export CLASSPATH=blah on the command line it
> works fine.  If I write a shell program that sets the
> CLASSPATH it won't set it!  When I echo the value its
> right from the script, but when its done the CLASSPATH
> is not set.  Any ideas on why this wouldn't work?

You can't change the environment of a parent from within
a child process.  Either "source" the script ("source script")
or move the definition to your .bashrc file.

Tony Richardson

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