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Re: a couple more questions about variables and scope
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Robert P. J. Day |
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Re: a couple more questions about variables and scope |
Date: |
Wed, 9 Jun 2004 11:16:12 -0400 (EDT) |
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Paul D. Smith wrote:
> When make starts, all the environment variables are automatically
> created as make variables. They are marked as exported.
ok, so it might be worth extending that sentence from section 6.9:
"Every environment variable that make sees when it starts up is
transformed into a make variable with the same name and value."
and adding:
"... and is exported."
rday