Hello all
        To keep a story short, is it possible to export C shell
variables (eg env) to bourne shell to read.  Would a simple command
like this work...

#!/bin/sh
...something in bourne
/bin/csh cscript                #including variables (eg a = 1, b = 2)
...reads $a and $b

+... would the /bin/csh supposedly read the .login or .cshrc files?
Thanks for any help on this
        Terrance

On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 22:02:43 GMT, Terrance
: #!/bin/sh
: ...something in bourne
: /bin/csh cscript              #including variables (eg a = 1, b = 2)
: ...reads $a and $b

The child process inherits the envirnoment of its parrent;
NOT the other way around, so the answer is no.

However if you want to export env from csh, you set the env var
with setenv:
  setenv  <variablename> <value>
(RTFM)
and the env will be inherited by any sh started from your csh session.

: +... would the /bin/csh supposedly read the .login or .cshrc files?

only .cshrc. RTFM

Possibly, you might want to try this (I haven't :-):
  eval `( cat cscript; echo env ) | /bin/csh`
and then export the env var's you need using sh export,
or export automatically using a temp file and awk...

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: On Fri, 17 Oct 1997 22:02:43 GMT, Terrance
:   <tchi...@postbox.usyd.edu.au.NOSPAM> wrote:
: : #!/bin/sh
: : ...something in bourne
: : /bin/csh cscript            #including variables (eg a = 1, b = 2)
: : ...reads $a and $b

The previous responder snipped the original question in full, so
I can guess that the solution (or at least a clarification of the
problem) lies in downloading:

ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.unix/volume13/korner.Z

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james martin
jrmar...@blueneptune.com