installing cx_Oracle.

[Doug Phillips]

> It also works the other way around, at least on the non-empty 
> set of systems that contains my workstation. export simply 
> marks the variable name for automatic export to the 
> environment of subsequent commands. The value at that time 
> doesn't matter. What matters is the value that the name has 
> at the time the command is run:
> 
> [carsten at dot ~]$ export FOOD
> [carsten at dot ~]$ FOOD=spam
> [carsten at dot ~]$ python -c "import os; print os.environ['FOOD']"
> spam
> [carsten at dot ~]$ FOOD=eggs
> [carsten at dot ~]$ python -c "import os; print os.environ['FOOD']"
> eggs

Just tried on a FreeBSD 6.1 development box with stock /bin/sh and it
works there too...

... And I just learned something new!
-Doug