From:	"Chris A. Triebel" <cat AT sun4 DOT iol DOT unh DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	about setting enviroment variables (dos/4dos/bash)
Date:	Mon, 3 Feb 1997 08:49:33 -0500
Organization:	University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
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Hi, 

I was wondering, is it possible to set an enviroment variable in the 
parent shell using a djgpp program.  I noted putenv() which states that 
it changes the program's variables, and setenv().  I had hoped setenv() 
would do this, but it seems like it only sets the program's env.  Any 
help would be appreciated.

Quick related topic:  Does pushd and popd exist for DOS?  I've tried a 
bunch freeware utilities off of simtelnet but they don't have the look 
and feel.  I noticed that bash has builtin functions for that.  If these 
exist and I can get a hold of them then my above question becomes curiousity.

My above line of thought was to store the push/pop stack in an enviroment 
and manipulate it in my program.  This seemed the easiest to manage.  My 
other plan was to use a file which makes things a little more difficult 
to manage what with opening, reading/appending/deleting, appending and 
such.  The advantage is that people who use a cdpath could easily store 
and restore this information.

I have heard that 4dos has a pushd/popd kind of thing, I am only 
beginning to learn how to use 4dos effectively ... And as for bash I 
haven't quite got that configured properly, it seems that when I run vim 
I get trash on my screen ( wrong term setting ), and I am not familiar 
enough with bash, yet, to set it up properly.  If anyone has any advice 
on this topic I would be appreciative, but I haven't done much in the way 
of research yet, so I won't ask more than that ...

TIA
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