setenv from c

[David Herron, NPR Lover]

> > Is it possible to set a csh environment variable within a C program? I know
> > about getenv(), but have failed at attempts to set an environment variable
> > from a C program. Basically, what I want to do is "source" a new environment
> > variable for the current csh process. Any comments or suggestions would be
> > appreciated. Thanks.

As many people have said, it ain't possible to set your parents' environment
(that is, short of such self-abuse as poking around in /dev/mem).

However, it *is* possible to do it for your children.  See my posting
in net.sources for more information.
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