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EXPORT

Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (3PVM)
Updated: 15 May, 1996
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NAME

pvm_export, pvm_unexport - Mark environment variables to export through spawn

SYNOPSIS

C       int cc = pvm_export( char *name )        int cc = pvm_unexport( char *name )
Fortran Not available

PARAMETERS

name: Name of an environment variable to add to or delete from export list.

DESCRIPTION

The routinespvm_exportandpvm_unexportare provided for convenience in editing environment variablePVM_EXPORT,while maintaining the colon-separated list syntaxit requires.The variable can be modified by other means,and at the same time by the pvm_export functions.

pvm_export checks to see if a name is already in PVM_EXPORT beforeincluding it,and exporting a name more than once is not considered an error.Likewise,pvm_unexport will not complain if you specify a name not in PVM_EXPORT.

EXAMPLES

C:        /* PVM_EXPORT=SHELL:HOME */        pvm_export("DISPLAY");        pvm_export("TERM");        pvm_unexport("HOME");        /* PVM_EXPORT=SHELL:DISPLAY:TERM */

ERRORS

No error conditions are currently returned by pvm_export and pvm_unexport.

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