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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 07:47:27 -0500
From: Chet Ramey <chet AT nike DOT INS DOT CWRU DOT Edu>
To: cabbey AT bresnanlink DOT net
Subject: RE: bash: setenv: command not found
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Reply-To: chet AT po DOT CWRU DOT Edu
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X-In-Reply-To:  Message from cabbey AT bresnanlink DOT net of Wed, 7 Feb 2001 22:42:58 -0600 (CST) (id <Pine DOT LNX DOT 4 DOT 21 DOT 0102072236010 DOT 22103-100000 AT tweedle DOT cabbey DOT net>)

> the answers to your question.
> 
> 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>

Why do you say that csh is right and bash is wrong?

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet)

Chet Ramey, CWRU    chet AT po DOT CWRU DOT Edu    http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/

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