set(1F)                                                      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}.

       EXAMPLES
             Storing a selection made in a menu:




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

      NOTICES
            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.

            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.

            When a variable is evaluated that does not specifically
            reference a file, the local environment and UNIX system
            environment are searched in that order.  (When a set -l and a
            set -e is done for the same variable, the variable evaluates
            to the value used in the set -l command.)

      REFERENCES
            env(1), sh(1)
























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