Re: source a file from a $VAR ?

[Toby <tobia.conforto@xxxxxxxx>]

Michelle Konzack scrisse:
>     macro index <F7>  "!tdmuttsource\n:source $TDMS\n"
> 
> tdnuttsource is the BASH script which create a "dialog",
> let me select the file and write it into the variable
> 
>     export $TDMS=<config>


I can think of one reason and a half for it not to work:

1.   Environment variables get passed onto child processes, never up to
     parent processes.  An external script called from mutt (!script) is
     run as a child process.  Environment variables pass from mutt to the
     script, but not the other way round.  This is a property of UNIX.

1.5. You probably mean "export TDMS=..." above, without the dollar :-)
     (unless you are using some weird shell whose syntax I ignore)


Toby

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