Re: output of `export -p' seems misleading

[John Kearney]

Am 09.11.2012 17:21, schrieb Greg Wooledge:
> On Fri, Nov 09, 2012 at 11:18:24AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> restore_environment() {
>>   set -o posix
>>   eval "$saved_output_of_export_dash_p"
>>   set +o posix
>> }
> Err, what I meant was:
>
> save_environment() {
>   set -o posix
>   saved_env=$(export -p)
>   set +o posix
> }
>
> restore_environment() {
>   eval "$saved_env"
> }
>
or I guess you could also do something like

save_environment() {
  saved_env=$(export -p)
}

restore_environment() {
  echo "${saved_env//declare -x /declare -g -x }"
}


or

save_environment() {
  saved_env=$(set -o posix; export -p)
}