On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, csj wrote: > On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 14:09:59 -0800 > "Karsten M. Self" <kmself@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > It's a shell trick.
It's a shell trick if you're using a Bourne-style shell, like bash, ksh, or such. :) > > You can set an environment variable for the _current process_ by > > specifying it first on the command line. I usually exploit it to get a > > date/time for some other location, e.g.: > > > > $ TZ=Australia/Sydney date > > $ TZ=UK/London date > > This doesn't work on my system: > > TZ=Australia/Sydney date > TZ=Australia/Sydney: Command not found. I suspect you're using tcsh; if so, a roughly equivalent command line would be: (setenv TZ Australia/Sydney; date) The parens start a subshell, creating a sort of "bubble" for setenv so it doesn't change your timezone to Sydney's for the rest of your session. Admittedly, not as nice as the above trick. But I still use tcsh anyway. :p - Aaron -- Aaron Hall : Buster, it may come as a complete surprise to [EMAIL PROTECTED] : you to find that _this_ is an animated cartoon. Macintosh/UNIX Geek, Network Flack, and...eh, whatever.