Does export work on Windows?

Does export work in Windows?

There is not an equivalent statement for export in Windows Command Prompt. In Windows the environment is copied so when you exit from the session (from a called command prompt or from an executable that set a variable) the variable in Windows get lost.

What does export do in Windows?

export just makes the variable available temporarily to the current shell and its children processes whereas setx stores the variable permanently to every user or system process in the future.

How do I export a variable in Windows?

To set an environment variable, use the command " export varname=value ", which sets the variable and exports it to the global environment (available to other processes). Enclosed the value with double quotes if it contains spaces. To set a local variable, use the command " varname =value " (or " set varname =value ").

What is export command in CMD?

The export command is a built-in utility of Linux Bash shell. It is used to ensure the environment variables and functions to be passed to child processes. It does not affect the existing environment variable. Environment variables are set when we open a new shell session.