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how to export variables back to the parent process

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Mar 15, 20269608 views
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Problem

I'm try to export variables back to the parent process.

Error Output

$ export VAR=FALSE
$ echo $VAR
FALSE

$ ./myprogram  # this will set VAR=TRUE
$ echo $VAR
TRUE  <========== I want to print `TRUE` here

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Fix for: how to export variables back to the parent process

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Can't be done. The only reliable way to pass anything to the parent process is to echo it and have the parent process capture it with command substitution.

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