Re: SQR or SQL*PLUS and enviroment variables + UNIX

In article <4083dm$ji5_at_bigboote.WPI.EDU>, kibwe_at_wpi.edu (KJ) wrote:

> Does anyone know how in a Unix enviorment how I can change an
> envoirment variable that existed when it was caled. I know that getenv()
> can be used to read them , but how about changing them?

Try putenv(newstring), where newstring is of the form "name=value"; NOTE: this affects the current program and any newly created children, but not the parents environment (no way to change that).

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Peter Sylvester
MITRE Corp.
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