Syntax to export any variable

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

How to export variables on a UNIX prompt. Please provide me syntax.

Thanks in advance.

Malay

2

If you are using /bin/sh then use this

export MYNAME=malay

echo $MYNAME will give
malay

3

Ya. but its giving me this error.

ksh: =/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0 is not an identifier

Malay

4

Looks like you are using ksh.

Anyway just for confirmation, print the output of

echo $SHELL

5

Try this ..

ORACLE_HOME="/opt/oracle/product/9.2.0"
export ORACLE_HOME

6

Thanks. It's done.

Malay