From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 31 15:06:46 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 959C4CCA138 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.28]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca", Issuer "CA_HLL_ISSUER_2016" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69C6B19E4 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:06:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8FD162305 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:06:38 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at harte-lyne.ca Received: from inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id XVK4GhO6dXsa for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:06:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from webmail.harte-lyne.ca (inet04.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca [216.185.71.24]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by inet08.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4CB6F62186 for ; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:06:37 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=harte-lyne.ca; s=dkim_hll; t=1485875197; bh=g3Yt9N84rquseQ6sIUEr4963M8EA+LqCA200zO2Mq5w=; h=Date:Subject:From:To:Reply-To; b=pdiFn9t2gy6NweSN36zXdOSJZEw5WcCxkHHFc4RScQFJolTnEJUsEjb/OMM1MYY8g GkGk/tJAKnMQyNauzC5eUEmsWuOuoQG084CzwHuvKksCOIRU1dLombE2hktS3YZLsE OcSbkZjbG2tsAO3u+axBq9ViWsp0j9OgpSE5j8Qajg0PhGxpQKMn1VGAz1fDU/n1Qb JpB4+naaaVvdgNt80VDylubNLkH+CyV39YXJXnIEg5NZG2yHRR6sj20vqTY0Az1UBT hiOOHZW3HIUTUKZe7cm6vlV2KtBJTmkf8ehN6b4GXPnAGCtp2vWzQqVQEnmWW2+r58 j7x+2vd2/Sd4w== Received: from 216.185.71.44 (SquirrelMail authenticated user byrnejb_hll) by webmail.harte-lyne.ca with HTTP; Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:06:37 -0500 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:06:37 -0500 Subject: Variable assignment in sh From: "James B. Byrne" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Reply-To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22-4.el6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 15:06:46 -0000 Why am I getting this result when I attempt a simple variable assignment in the default sh? # ENV=$HOME/.shrc; export ENV ENV=/root/.shrc: Command not found. export: Command not found. This example is taken verbatim from the sh manpage provided with FreeBSD. -- *** e-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** Do NOT transmit sensitive data via e-Mail Do NOT open attachments nor follow links sent by e-Mail James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3