export as a normal user

export as a normal user

[Tyler Spivey]

i'm not totally sure about this, but it should work as i describe below:
try:
source script-file
if the script file contains commands they will run, and exported vars will be exported.

Re: export as a normal user

[Gregory Nowak]

Yeah, that did it. Thanks.
Greg


On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 08:43:55PM +0000, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> i'm not totally sure about this, but it should work as i describe below:
> try:
> source script-file
> if the script file contains commands they will run, and exported vars will be exported.
> 
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export as a normal user

[Gregory Nowak]

Hi all.

If I log in as a normal user, and have something like "export VAR='string'" in my '$HOME/.profile', that value exports just fine.

However, if I try to export as a normal user from any other script besides $HOME/.profile, the values don't get exported, even though I can export them just fine if I do it by hand at a bash prompt. Can someone please explain why this is, and how can I change it? Thanks in advance.
Greg

Re: export as a normal user

[Aaron Howell]

Greg,
They are actually getting exported, but from within the context of the shell running the script, not from within your login shell's context.
So they are only visible while that shell (and hence the script) is active.
There's a way around this, but I can never remember how its done, its something to do with using exec I think.
Regards
Aaron
On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 09:15:27PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> If I log in as a normal user, and have something like "export VAR='string'" in my '$HOME/.profile', that value exports just fine.
> 
> However, if I try to export as a normal user from any other script besides $HOME/.profile, the values don't get exported, even though I can export them just fine if I do it by hand at a bash prompt. Can someone please explain why this is, and how can I change it? Thanks in advance.
> Greg
> 
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