What does export do in Windows?

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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. 8 нояб. 2019 г.

What does export command do Windows?

The export combined with the import command allows you to batch install applications on your PC. The export command is often used to create a file that you can share with other developers, or for use when restoring your build environment.

What is export used for?

Export is a built-in command of the Bash shell. It is used to mark variables and functions to be passed to child processes. Basically, a variable will be included in child process environments without affecting other environments.

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 CMD?

The export command is fairly simple to use as it has straightforward syntax with only three available command options. In general, the export command marks an environment variable to be exported with any newly forked child processes and thus it allows a child process to inherit all marked variables.

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