Date: Tue, 7 Feb 1995 13:08:37 -0500 (EST)
From: Kimberley Burchett <OKRA AT max DOT tiac DOT net>
Subject: Re: putenv() and system() 
To: DJGPP Mailing List <djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu>


On Tue, 7 Feb 1995, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> the first system() only affects the 
> environment of the shell born to execute that ``set'' command, and
> that environment dies right after ``set'' is executed.

  Sounds like a loyal spouse. ;)  Wouldn't it be nice to be able to find 
out what you were born to do just by asking the system()? :)
							Kim