Subj : Re: export environment variable from a linux c-program
To   : comp.programming
From : SM Ryan
Date : Tue Jul 19 2005 09:00 pm

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Lars_=D8hlenschl=E6ger?= <lars_oeh@tiscali.dk> wrote:
# Hi there,
# Does anybody know how to export an environt variable from a c-program?
# setenv() and putenv() works inside the program, but the environment is 
# not modified for subsequent programs.

On unix you can't do that. Environments strings are inheritted only; setenv
only effects the current process and forked children.

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