From: Intransition <transfire@...>
Date: 2010-07-16T09:10:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Setting configuration until end of parent bash session

On Jul 15, 6:19 pm, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:

> Have foo set an environment variable and then exec a new shell.  The
> foo script later can print the variable if it exists.  Here is
> something off the top of my head.  Untested.  It spawns a new shell
> though and that may be too disruptive for your needs.
>
> Bob
>
> #!/bin/sh
> if [ -n "$myuniquefoovar" ]; then
>   echo "$myuniquefoovar" # or possibly printf
>   exit 0
> fi
> if [ $# -ne 0 ]; then
>   myuniquefoovar="$*"
>   export myuniquefoovar
>   exec $SHELL
> fi
> exit 0

Thanks, I feel like I've gotten a step closer, but still no cigar. I
was able to get the child shell, which is cool --and I can accept that
if need to be o get this to work. But I can't get the environment
variable transfer into the new shell.