[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #1344: Cactus doesn't export some environment variables after changing them

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Thu May 2 11:43:47 CDT 2013


#1344: Cactus doesn't export some environment variables after changing them
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  Reporter:  knarf    |       Owner:                     
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  closed             
  Priority:  minor    |   Milestone:  ET_2013_11         
 Component:  Cactus   |     Version:  development version
Resolution:  invalid  |    Keywords:                     
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Changes (by knarf):

  * status:  review => closed
  * resolution:  => invalid


Comment:

 Right, what I didn't know: 'export' doesn't put the current value of a
 variable into the shell environment (and thus passes that to subshells),
 but only marks it to be passed down. Thus, one export is sufficient to
 always pass the current value down subshells.

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