RE: RE: RE: Retrieving evironment variables from a shell script

Thanks for the explanation... I wasn't sure how the script was handled.

And for the record, I'm going with the parse technique suggested below... appreciate that as well!

Take care folks...
markguy

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RE: RE: RE: RE: Retrieving evironment variables from a shell script by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Aug 02, 2000 at 01:34 UTC
The whole reasoning behind this behavior, in case you're wondering, is that "environment" variables are supposed to describe the environment that scripts and applications run in. This means that typically they're set at a level higher than the process (e.g. the shell, describing the login/shell session, or the web server, describing this web transaction). Items specific to an application or set of applications might better be placed in a configuration file, especially if they're going to be relatively static.	[reply]

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by Fastolfe (Vicar) on Aug 02, 2000 at 01:34 UTC

Items specific to an application or set of applications might better be placed in a configuration file, especially if they're going to be relatively static.

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