Re: export

[Bart Schaefer <schaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 25,  4:57pm, Ray Andrews wrote:
} Subject: export
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} When I export a variable it is only available in subsequent shells in 
} the same xterm. Can I make it export globally?

As others have explained, this is part of the design of the unix process
model.  With a shell, however, you can fake it:

http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/137077/serialize-shell-variable-in-bash-or-zsh