On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Lorenzo Bettini <bettini@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Keith Marshall wrote: >> >> Did you export it? > If I do, on a shell: > echo $BASH_COMPLETION_DIR > thus I assume it is exported by the bash_completion script, isn't it? No, the shell substitutes before invoking echo (if it is not even a shell-builtin) steffen@srv:~ # unexported="123" steffen@srv:~ # echo $unexported 123 steffen@srv:~ # env|grep unexported (echo worked, but it is not set) steffen@srv:~ # export exported="45" steffen@srv:~ # env|grep exported exported=45 (after export, it is set) oki, Steffen _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
