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export problem.



I have very simple script that all it needs to do is export some environment variables. I can't seem to get it to work. All it does is..

export PS2DEV=/usr/ps2dev

If I do this on the command line it works fine.. and if I place it in /etc/profile it works also. I assume whats happenning is its starting a shell.. setting the environment variable and then closing the shell. How do I write a script that modifies the current environment?
If I can get the one line working I'll be expanding it, so doing it on the command line everytime is not an option.

I have the cygwin 1.3.12-4 installed. I also tried going back to 1.3.10-1 to see if it was a bug. I'm hoping theres something small I'm missing.

Thanks,
David.



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