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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: environment path
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:12:13 +0100
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----Original Message----
>From: alex hardy
>Sent: 15 June 2005 13:02

> Very simple newbie question
> 
> Sometimes I need to set the environment to a file
> what is the exact format on command line please
> 
> eg
> for
> OPENSSL_CONF = /opt/abc.et

  That's almost right, but you mustn't put spaces around the '=' sign.

> export OPENSSL_CONF

  Yep, you have to export it too so that subshells will see it.  Or you can
even combine the two into one like this:

export OPENSSL_CONF=/opt/abc.et

  (This is all for bash shell, BTW).

    cheers,
      DaveK
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