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From: Vince Hoffman <Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com>
To: "'tek1'" <tek1@pobox.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: beginner question: using 'set VAR=...'
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 16:22:55 +0100
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if you only want them available within cygwin (not windows generally), then
why not just set them in your /etc/profile (or ~/.profile .

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tek1 [mailto:tek1@pobox.com]
> Sent: 22 April 2003 16:12
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: beginner question: using 'set VAR=...'
> 
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> I have also tried the shell scripts, but the variables are not 
> available/exposed after the script has executed...
> 
> 
> At 11:02 03/04/22 -0400, you wrote:
> >On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, tek1 wrote:
> >
> > > Using Cygwin, I'm trying to run some .bat scripts that 
> contain 'set
> > > VAR=....' statements.  However, after the script is run, 
> those variables
> > > defined by the 'set' statement are not recognized (as environment
> > > variables).  These are variables that are to exist 
> temporarily (i.e. during
> > > the session or time that the Cygwin window is open), so I 
> do not want to
> > > put them in CYGHOME/cygwin.bat.
> > >
> > > Any advice?
> > > Thank you.
> >
> >FYI, .bat files aren't run by Cygwin.  Running a .bat file 
> invokes the
> >Windows command processor, which interprets the .bat file.
> >
> >Any particular reason you're not using shell scripts?
> >         Igor
> 
> 
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