> yep, I'm familiar with it:
>
> foo=bar sets a local shell variable
> foo= unsets a local shell variable
Not exactly. It makes `foo' have a null value. It's not the same thing.
> but where is "unexport"? how do I demote a process environment variable
> without removing it from the local shell?
Bash has `export -n'. POSIX doesn't.
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