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Re: BUG: Bash does not export arrays


From: Chet Ramey
Subject: Re: BUG: Bash does not export arrays
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:49:36 -0400
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James Graham wrote:

Bash does not export arrays into the environment.  Why not?
...or Did I Miss Something Here?

It's a deliberate decision.  The code to place a form of arrays into
the environment is there, but disabled.

It's not how bash treats these environment variables, but how other
programs do.

Chet





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