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- From: aj651@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bob James)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell
- Subject: Re: Impractical question about variables
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 23:48:54 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <1993Jan9.131004.25965@cs.sandia.gov>
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- In a previous article, jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov (Jethro H. Greene) says:
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- >
- >With my understanding of the shell, I have come to the conclusion that this
- >can not be done with in the boundaries of UNIX. However, to be sure, I am
- >asking the Net.
- >
- >What is involved in referencing a variable from another login? For example,
- >on terminal one, I type hello=world. I run over to terminal two and want
- >to know what $hello is.
- >
- >Is this possible?
- >
- >Thanks.
- >
- >--
- also named pipes work eg echo $VARIABLE > $HOME/mypipe
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- --
- It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. But there's never
- enough time. Bob James (aj651@cleveland.Freenet.Edu)
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