Ryan Ollerenshaw writes: > I can write a shell script that will set an enviroment variable > using the export command, but then when i try and print the > variable after the shell scrit has been run the variable is no > longer set. Why is this? my problem is that i need to set some > enviroment variables in a shell script that is run when my tomcat > server is started, but after the startup script runs the variables > are no longer set. Here is what i am using in my scripts: > > export CLASSPATH=/usr/root/ > echo $CLASSPATH > > but then when i do a echo $CLASSPATH from the command line the > original value is printed and not the one set in the shell script. > > any help would be great. Use the "." command. So, instead of running foo, run . foo Andrew. -- fedora-devel-java-list mailing list fedora-devel-java-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-java-list