setting variable from script to current environment??

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From: Wayne Amisano
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 07:02

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Hi,

I am trying to write a script to set an environment variable in
my tcsh environment.  I could use an alias to do it, but would
much rather do it from a script.  What i need to do is, run a
script to change the value of one environment variable, but
every time i do this, it changes the variable in the spawned
process, but it then disappears when it dies.

I need this variable to remain around!!  Any ideas would be welcome.

tnx cul wayne!!


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