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Setting Linux environment variables

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I am running Red Hat Linux Enterprise 5; I am always using the export command to set environment variables. Are there any other ways to set environment variables and what are the advantages/disadvantages of them?

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Fix for: Setting Linux environment variables

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This is an excerpt from the Bash man page: export [-fn] [name[=word]] ... export -p The supplied names are marked for automatic export to the environment of subsequently executed commands. If the -f option is given, the names refer to functions... Iā€¦

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