[gentoo-user] Environment variables don't export from within scripts

[Kris Kerwin]

Hi all,

I'm having difficulties exporting environment variables from within 
scripts. The problem doesn't seem to occur when exporting variables 
from the command line.

To reiterate with an example,

        # export VARIABLE='test'
        # echo $VARIABLE

works. However,

        # echo "export VARIABLE='test'" >> test_script
        # chmod 754 test_script
        # ./test_script
        # echo $VARIABLE

does not work. I've also tried the above while omitting the 'export' 
command, to the same effect. I'm using bash as my shell. I figured 
that I would try the same with sh instead, but still nothing.

I'm using:

        bash-3.0-r12

Is this a bug, or something that I'm doing wrong? Thanks in advance 
for your help.

Kris Kerwin

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