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NAME
     set, unset - set and unset local or global environment vari-
     ables

SYNOPSIS
     set [-l variable[=value]] ...
     set [-e variable[=value]] ...
     set [-ffile variable[=value]] ...

     unset -l variable ...
     unset -ffile variable ...

DESCRIPTION
     The set command sets variable in the  environment,  or  adds
     variable=value  to file.  If variable is not equated it to a
     value, set expects the value to be on stdin.  The unset com-
     mand  removes  variable.   Note  that  the  FMLI predefined,
     read-only variables (such as ARG1), may not be set or unset.

     FMLI inherits the UNIX environment when invoked:

     -l      sets or unsets the specified variable in  the  local
             environment.   Variables  set  with  -l  will not be
             inherited by processes invoked from FMLI.

     -e      sets the specified variable in the UNIX environment.
             Variables  set  with  -e  will  be  inherited by any
             processes started from FMLI.  Note that these  vari-
             ables cannot be unset.

     -ffile  sets or unsets the specified variable in the  global
             environment.   The  argument  file  is  the name, or
             pathname, of a file containing  lines  of  the  form
             variable=value.  file will be created if it does not
             already  exist.   Note  that  no  space   intervenes
             between -f and file.

     Note that at least one of the above options must be used for
     each  variable  being  set  or unset.  If you set a variable
     with the -ffilename  option,  you  must  thereafter  include
     filename  in  references  to  that  variable.   For example,
     ${(file)VARIABLE}.

EXAMPLE
     Storing a selection made in a menu:

          name=Selection 2
          action=`set -l SELECTION=2`close

NOTES
     Variables set to be available to the UNIX environment (those
     set  using  the  -e  option) can only be set for the current



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     fmli process and the processes it calls.

     When using the -f option, unless file is unique to the  pro-
     cess,  other  users of FMLI on the same machine will be able
     to expand these variables, depending on the read/write  per-
     missions on file.

     A variable set in one frame may be referenced  or  unset  in
     any other frame.  This includes local variables.

SEE ALSO
     env(1), sh(1) in the UNIX  System  V  Progammer's  Reference
     Manual.










































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