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urgent : problem in exporting varia

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Name: rajus19
Date: February 23, 2005 at 22:08:57 Pacific
OS: Unix
CPU/Ram: p4
Comment:

Hi when I am exporting variables that includes paths
(ex: export /home/varma), I am getting the error like
"is not an identifier".
please rectify it asap.


Thanks and Regards
Raju



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Response Number 1
Name: David Perry
Date: February 24, 2005 at 04:22:18 Pacific
Reply:

VAR="value"
export VAR

Please reference your /etc/profile for real examples.



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Response Number 2
Name: pradeep desh
Date: February 24, 2005 at 04:46:22 Pacific
Reply:

HI raju,
assign the VAR the pathname of your file & then export the variable. this should solve your problem.
ex:
VAR=/home/varma
export VAR


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Response Number 3
Name: WilliamRobertson
Date: February 26, 2005 at 11:44:20 Pacific
Reply:

Or just for fun,

export VAR
VAR="value"


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