Shell variables in menus?

[Jay R. Ashworth]

Damnit.  False alarm.

I'm setting DATESTAMP and exporting it... 

and then using it to build the BATCHTAG I actually want to GETENV... and 
not exporting that.

MORE CAFFEINE...

Cheers,
-- jra

----- Original Message -----
> From: "jra" <jra at baylink.com>
> To: "Filepro_List" <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 2:35:04 PM
> Subject: Shell variables in menus?

> Do I remember that the menu runner spawns a new shell for each line and
> even exporting a set variable doesn't help?
> 
> I need to do something like this:
> 
> DATESTAMP="`date '+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S'`"
> export DATESTAMP
> 
> And then pick up $DATESTAMP inside my prc tables with a GETENV()
> 
> Right now it's coming back blank, and I don't think that's fixable.
> 
> Is there a go-to solution for doing this kind of tagging at the scope of
> a menu script?
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
> 
> --
> Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra at baylink.com
> Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC 2100
> Ashworth & Associates       http://www.bcp38.info          2000 Land Rover DII
> St Petersburg FL USA      BCP38: Ask For It By Name!           +1 727 647 1274

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Jay R. Ashworth                  Baylink                       jra at baylink.com
Designer                     The Things I Think                       RFC 2100
Ashworth & Associates       http://www.bcp38.info          2000 Land Rover DII
St Petersburg FL USA      BCP38: Ask For It By Name!           +1 727 647 1274