[sf-lug] printenv "vs." set [was: Re: shell, man(1) [was: ...

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Sun, 2016-08-21 at 15:55 -0700, Alex Kleider wrote:
> It seems that no variable (shell or environment) can exist except in
> the 
> context of the shell.  So does that make them all shell variables?

Variables set from a shell are shell variables. Those that are exported
are environment variables in processes that inherit them.