set(1F)   UNIX System V(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 standard input.  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 UNIX System V User's Reference Manual













































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