Set an environment variable

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 07:42:19 -0700, Alex Martelli <aleaxit at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2005-10-24, Eric Brunel <eric_brunel at despammed.com> wrote:
>> 
>> >> The only think you can export an environment variable to is a
>> >> child process
>> >
>> > Well, you know that, and I know that too. From my experience,
>> > many people don't...
>> 
>> True.  Using Unix for 20+ years probably warps one's perception
>> of what's obvious and what isn't.
>
> This specific issue is identical in Windows, isn't it?  I do not know
> any OS which does have the concept of "environment variable" yet lets
> such variables be ``exported'' to anything but a child process.

AmigaDOS, if I recall correctly. Its "ENV:" drive/namespace is global, and
that's its closest thing to Unix environment variables.

/Jorgen

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