passing a variable in filePro to the OS (SCO v 6) for use with the "system" command

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at spamcop.net
Mon Oct 11 10:37:48 PDT 2010


On 10/10/2010 11:19 PM, Brian K. White wrote:
> On 10/10/2010 9:30 PM, Fairlight wrote:
[...]
>> Does fP have a SETENV() command?  If so, check and see if those values will
>> be accessible from SYSTEM() children.  If usual idioms were stuck to,
>> -children- of the current process should inherit such things.
[...]
> My thought exactly but yes fp has putenv "VARNAME",fc
> Yes, no (), even though getenv is fc = getenv("VARNAME")

GETENV() is a function, whereas PUTENV is a command.

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Kenneth Brody


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