export which is correct syntax

[Suvayu Ali]

On Sat, Jan 04, 2014 at 09:24:36AM +0000, Frank Murphy wrote:
> 1: export TMPDIR=/var/tmp
> 2: export TMPDIR=$TMPDIR:/var/tmp

Depends on what you want to do.  If you want to overwrite the variable,
use (1).  If you want to add (prepend) to the variable, use (2).

Hope this helps,

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