Re: [fedora-java] Enviroment Variables

[Andrew Haley]

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.