Solved {Was: Fork, Or SetEnv Problem: Retain a MySQL Record # in a Shell}

2001-06-14 Thread Van
Van wrote: > > Greetings: > > Working on a shell based application that does an insert when a shell is started, > and, needs to update that record on exit. > > You can't set an environment value back to the parent process, so would a fork() > make the most sense? > > This currently works in a

Fork, Or SetEnv Problem: Retain a MySQL Record # in a Shell

2001-06-14 Thread Van
Greetings: Working ona shell based application that does an insert when a shell is started, and, needs to update that record on exit. You can't set an environment value back to the parent process, so would a fork() make the most sense? This currently works in a bash shell .profile implementatio