[12547] in Athena Bugs
rsaix 7.7F: xterm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Ellis)
Thu Sep 8 08:03:28 1994
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 1994 08:03:21 EDT
From: Steve Ellis <ellis@MIT.EDU>
System name: m37-332-3
Type and version: POWER 7.7F
Display type: colorgda
What were you trying to do?
Pass the environment variable LIBPATH to a process started in
a new xterm:
athena% setenv LIBPATH foo
athena% xterm
then in the new xterm
athena% echo $LIBPATH
LIBPATH: Undefined variable.
What's wrong:
The environment variable is not passed. I tried csh,sh,and ksh.
In all three, LIBPATH is passed to a child if it is in the
same xterm, but as soon as a new xterm is started, LIBPATH
is undefined.
What should have happened:
LIBPATH should be passed to the child process
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
?
