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- From: raph@panache.demon.co.uk (Raphael mankin)
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!demon!panache.demon.co.uk!raph
- Subject: Re: Impractical question about variables
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- References: <1993Jan9.131004.25965@cs.sandia.gov>
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- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 23:24:07 +0000
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- In article <1993Jan9.131004.25965@cs.sandia.gov> jhgreen@cs.sandia.gov writes:
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- >
- >With my understanding of the shell, I have come to the conclusion that this
- >can not be done with in the boundaries of UNIX. However, to be sure, I am
- >asking the Net.
- >
- >What is involved in referencing a variable from another login? For example,
- >on terminal one, I type hello=world. I run over to terminal two and want
- >to know what $hello is.
- >
- >Is this possible?
- >
- No. Every process, and that includes every user, is a separate virtual machine.
- Isolation of processes is a fundamental design feature of Unix.
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