linux user wrote: > Ok. So to be safe, it's a good idea to export the environment variable if it's defined in the .bashrc file. > > new .bashrc example > > SCREWED_UP=$SCREWED_UP:yep > export SCREWED_UP Or, more concisely but less portably (some older shells on Solaris for example don't support this syntax): export SCREWED_UP=$SCREWED_UP:yep Paul.