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On 11/25/2014 07:57 PM, Ray Andrews wrote:
> When I export a variable it is only available in subsequent shells in
> the same xterm. Can I make it export globally?  Or is the issue
> somehow related to the xterm itself?
The environment is a one way copy from parent process to child, you
can't propagate it the other direction through normal means.