[Semibug] Setting environment variables

[Mark Moellering]

On 8/9/23 15:57, Mike Wayne wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2023 at 03:34:42PM -0400, Mark Moellering wrote:
>> Everyone,
>>
>>
>> I have come across an issue which should be incredibly common, yet I
>> have not found a single clear cut answer on it.
>>
>> I am running dehydrated on a mail server, in a jail.?? To run, I need to
>> set environment variables.?? While I can easily set the variables via the
>> command line, I want to be able to run the command via a cronjob, and
>> would prefer to have the environment variables set via a script, so I
>> don't have to worry about them being unset, if the server or jail get
>> rebooted.
>
> You can create a script and do everything there. Test your script in a subshell that
> sets path to "/usr/bin:/bin"
>
> or:
>
> * * * * * user source ~/.file_that_sets_env_vars; comand-that-requires-env-vars
>
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I am not sure what you mean by "test your script in a subshell" ...  I 
am more of a programmer than an admin.

Here is my script:

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#!/bin/sh

GODADDY_KEY="xxxxxx"
export GODADDY_KEY

GODADDY_SECRET="yyyyyy"
export GODADDY_SECRET

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The script runs and exits cleanly but if I run "env" afterwards, the 
environment variables are not set.  I have no idea what I am doing wrong.