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Recently I wrote a script which sets an environment variable, take a look:
#!/bin/bash echo "Pass a path:" read path echo $path defaultPath=/home/$(whoami)/Desktop if [ -n "$path" ]; then export my_var=$path else echo "Path is empty! Exporting default path ..." export my_var=$defaultPath fi echo "Exported path: $my_var" It works just great but the problem is that my_var is available just locally, I mean in console window where I ran the script.
How to write a script which allow me to export global environment variable which can be seen everywhere?
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Search and select System (Control Panel). Click on the Advanced system settings link and then click Environment Variables. Under the section System Variables, select the environment variable you want to edit, and click Edit. If the environment variable you want doesn't exist, click New.
You must add and edit the “. bashrc” file in the home directory to export or change the environment variable. Then, to make the changes take effect, source the file.
Just run your shell script preceded by "." (dot space).
This causes the script to run the instructions in the original shell. Thus the variables still exist after the script finish
Ex:
cat setmyvar.sh export myvar=exists . ./setmyvar.sh echo $myvar exists If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
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