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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 09:57:24 -0600
Subject: RE: bash: setenv: command not found
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<off-topic-drivel>
Of course, that's a pefectly reasonable opinion to have.
Dreadfully wrong of course, but reasonable.  8-)

IMO, the bash/ksh version is right. After all,
its part of the posix shell spec...
I've always liked the 'to each their own' motto.
ONE standard is OH so boring and inflexible....
8-)

</off-topic-drivel>


On 02/07/2001 at 10:50:15 PM, cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com wrote:
> setenv/unsetenv are commands that are built into the csh family
> of shells. Under bash the equivalent built ins are export and
> unset. For example:

> CSH:  setenv name value
> BASH: export name=value
>
> CSH:  unsetenv name
> BASH: unset name

> <soapbox>
> yes, this is a stupid naming convention, and it's one
> of the things I hate the most about shells... every one
> has a different version, and different syntax. There
> needs to be ONE standard, and I'm sorry to say BASH's
> answer isn't an answer; here csh got it right.
> </soapbox>




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