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RParadox
RParadox

Reputation: 6891

bash - export doesn't work

I'm missing something very elementary. Under Mac OS X. I've tried chmod 0777 setdir.bsh. Must be something wrong with my settings.

#!/bin/bash                                                                                       
export proj=/Users/RParadox/projects/testproject/
echo $proj

Result:

$ bash setdir.bsh
/Users/RParadox/projects/testproject/
echo $proj
nothing??

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1059

Answers (1)

Brian Agnew
Brian Agnew

Reputation: 272417

export makes the variable available to subprocesses, not parent processes.

Can you source this file instead ? e.g.

$ . setdir.bsh

That will execute the file in the current process i.e. the shell itself.

Upvotes: 2

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