From: Paul Sladen (vserver_at_paul.sladen.org)
Date: Sun 22 Dec 2002 - 21:26:27 GMT
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Ken Stanley wrote:
> The script runs, [...], but the environment variables do not work.
The script will only set the variables within its own environment (and its
children's).
If you want to run it in the *current* shell's environment, then:
$ . {...}/path-to-script
see also (and equivalent to):
$ source {...}/path-to-script
-Paul
-- Nottingham, GB