set(1F)       (Form and Menu Language Interpreter Utilities)        set(1F)


   NAME
         set, unset - set and unset local or global environment variables

   SYNOPSIS
         set [-l variable[=value]] ...
         set [-e variable[=value]] ...
         set [-ffile variable[=value]] ...

         unset -l variable ...
         unset -ffile variable ...

   DESCRIPTION
         The set command sets variable in the environment, or adds
         variable=value to file.  If variable is not equated it to a value,
         set expects the value to be on stdin.  The unset command removes
         variable.  Note that the FMLI predefined, read-only variables (such
         as ARG1), may not be set or unset.

         FMLI inherits the UNIX environment when invoked:

         -l      sets or unsets the specified variable in the local
                 environment.  Variables set with -l will not be inherited by
                 processes invoked from FMLI.

         -e      sets the specified variable in the UNIX environment.
                 Variables set with -e will be inherited by any processes
                 started from FMLI.  Note that these variables cannot be
                 unset.

         -ffile  sets or unsets the specified variable in the global
                 environment.  The argument file is the name, or pathname, of
                 a file containing lines of the form variable=value.  file
                 will be created if it does not already exist.  Note that no
                 space intervenes between -f and file.

         Note that at least one of the above options must be used for each
         variable being set or unset.  If you set a variable with the
         -ffilename option, you must thereafter include filename in references
         to that variable.  For example, ${(file)VARIABLE}.

   EXAMPLE
         Storing a selection made in a menu:

               name=Selection 2
               action=`set -l SELECTION=2`close

   NOTES
         Variables set to be available to the UNIX environment (those set
         using the -e option) can only be set for the current fmli process and
         the processes it calls.



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         When using the -f option, unless file is unique to the process, other
         users of FMLI on the same machine will be able to expand these
         variables, depending on the read/write permissions on file.

         A variable set in one frame may be referenced or unset in any other
         frame.  This includes local variables.

   SEE ALSO
         env(1), sh(1) in the User's Reference Manual.












































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