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+ <title>execline: the export program</title>
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+<p>
+<a href="index.html">execline</a><br />
+<a href="http://skarnet.org/software/">Software</a><br />
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+
+<h1> The <tt>export</tt> program </h1>
+
+<p>
+<tt>export</tt> sets an environment variable to a given value, then
+executes a program.
+</p>
+
+<h2> Interface </h2>
+
+<pre>
+ export <em>var</em> <em>value</em> <em>prog...</em>
+</pre>
+
+<p>
+<tt>export</tt> sets the <em>var</em> environment variable to
+the string <em>value</em>, then execs into <em>prog</em> with
+its arguments.
+</p>
+
+<ul>
+ <li> <em>var</em> must be given without a dollar&nbsp;! </li>
+ <li> <em>var</em> must not contain the character <tt>=</tt> . </li>
+</ul>
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