RE: info about redhat & Question about exporting CVSROOT

[Les Bell]

"Thomas Wharton" <address@hidden> wrote:

>>
Also, I've noticed something kind of odd with gnome-terminal...  If I am in
one gnome-terminal and I define CVSROOT, and export it, when I open another
gnome-terminal (from the first), I dont see CVSROOT (using set).  However,
if I open an xterm (from the first) I do see CVSROOT.  Does anyone know why
the second gnome-terminal doesn't inherit the exported CVSROOT, while xterm
does?
<<

If you use pstree, you'll be able to see why: there's only *one*
gnome-terminal process, and the two windows are simply sibling copies of
bash. Since the second copy of bash is not a descendant of the first, then
it won't have inherited the shell variables.

Best,

--- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP
[http://www.lesbell.com.au]