Set parent env with csh script
Ned D Hanks
sasc03 at dsachg1.UUCP
Tue Jan 10 00:05:00 AEST 1989
>From article <174 at v7fs1.UUCP>, by mvp at v7fs1.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt):
> I asked comp.unix.questions, but got only blank stares. So,
> maybe this is a wizardly type question...
...
> Is it possible for a subshell to changes the calling shell's
> environment? How?
No. The enviroment of the child shell is a copy of the parents and goes
away when the shell exits.
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