Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2017 10:13:43 -0500 From: William Dudley <wfdudley@gmail.com> To: byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Variable assignment in sh Message-ID: <CAFsnNZKgz1mwC5b%2BSCyCrgxNrdpXOcH6REeH4persEAunc4usg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b831bd9e40321e59910ea8913c7a6302.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> References: <b831bd9e40321e59910ea8913c7a6302.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca>
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probably because the default shell in FreeBSD is csh, which uses entirely different syntax. run bash or sh and then try your example. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 10:06 AM, James B. Byrne via freebsd-questions < freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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