From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-users-return-19442-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@zsh.org>
Received: (qmail 14905 invoked by alias); 26 Nov 2014 06:21:07 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
List-Id: Zsh Users List <zsh-users.zsh.org>
List-Post: <mailto:zsh-users@zsh.org>
List-Help: <mailto:zsh-users-help@zsh.org>
X-Seq: 19442
Received: (qmail 13734 invoked from network); 26 Nov 2014 06:21:05 -0000
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,HTML_MESSAGE,
	RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.2
X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
        d=1e100.net; s=20130820;
        h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date
         :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type;
        bh=VkgVpmhLtVGIJnfZZXLJ8f6OvZOODrLZ31xIDI0Tm6c=;
        b=hKGf89kYK4w1/wyTf10l8fpJnAxzpTLAWLTq6JzdS29D0vy9ey5/gQDhUAPTVGFxGz
         muoH+WViKYOD3htus7V5OGOvjpTdnFopeMVTT7gHCZrK8/LAjiKb6XOwQrHuwwBWrwg1
         tTiMTBH0soe+cZuktSoRh0elvfEpl+gmMoSlQ4aOQy0CB3BphD+VmKyKHLSVTQ1n1UOA
         jAmJvwbFHLWlAe5y59g5krffZGBlsVITTEMvzI5Z5tyb5HWoiuU4UUNi9VO7yHW7bq+g
         WN+D0oEYH7Hi9Sh7eCvCCGvxBHk7tGlDdoQNLW37Sfn2qBL5mtC3lUTnvFfG04caDZ7F
         pvCg==
X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQk1uoMBrX+GsAgOvk8ERDsd2iVIESo6mP4GJoVDzMqHBNEshEVJYeh1UcUwz40dPEZ5bB4t
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Received: by 10.152.203.199 with SMTP id ks7mr32128850lac.31.1416982861435;
 Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:21:01 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <54756007.6060800@eastlink.ca>
References: <54752574.5090205@eastlink.ca>
	<141125203249.ZM18877@torch.brasslantern.com>
	<54756007.6060800@eastlink.ca>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:21:01 -0800
Message-ID: <CABx2=D_goALXd1vMVR1P5hH33TYO+n3a25jZAhJQW1Jk4OOMyg@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: export
From: Kurtis Rader <krader@skepticism.us>
To: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca>
Cc: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a113470d41beb990508bd08fb

--001a113470d41beb990508bd08fb
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

FWIW, almost everyone, including me, has asked this question. That is,
we've wished there was someway for a process to asynchronously modify the
environment variables of another, arbitrary, process. There are good
reasons from both a security as well as predicable execution model why that
is a bad idea and therefore not allowed.

On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> On 11/25/2014 08:32 PM, Bart Schaefer wrote:
>
>> On Nov 25,  4:57pm, Ray Andrews wrote:
>> } Subject: export
>> }
>> } When I export a variable it is only available in subsequent shells in
>> } the same xterm. Can I make it export globally?
>>
>>
> You guys don't understand what I'm asking.  I know I can't pass
> variables 'backwards' (except via a file), but when I export, the
> variable will be available  in *subsequent* shells but only in the
> same xterm:
>
>         pts/2 HP-y5--5-Debian1 root /aWorking/Zsh $ export trash=TRASH
>
>         pts/2 HP-y5--5-Debian1 root /aWorking/Zsh $ zsh
>
>         pts/2 HP-y5--5-Debian1 root /aWorking/Zsh $ echo $trash
>         TRASH
>
> ... export does what it should do, but *only* in the same xterm.
> If I now go to another xterm, $trash is not set:
>
>         pts/9 HP-y5--5-Debian1 root /boot/Clone/y8--5-Debian2 $ zsh
>
>         pts/9 HP-y5--5-Debian1 root /boot/Clone/y8--5-Debian2 $ echo $trash
>
>
>
>


-- 
Kurtis Rader
Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank

--001a113470d41beb990508bd08fb--