Environments belong to *processes*, and each process has a separate set of environent variables.
A change to %ENV changes the environment for that process. A copy of that (changed) environment is inherited by any child processes created after that point, but a process *cannot* directly modify the environment of its parent (or any other non-child process). Since processes are transient, there is technically no such thing as "change it permanently". The best you can do is use a shell or other initialization file (e.g. .bashrc) to provide a "permanent" initial value. > -----Original Message----- > From: maarten hilgenga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 3:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: witing to %ENV permanently > > > Hi all, > > When I try to change the value of the environmental variable > DNM on a linux > machine, DNM only changes when the script is running. Can > anyone tell me how > to change its value permanently? > > Thanx > > Maarten Hilgenga > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
