Re: Environment Variables

Dear Klas Engwall:

"Klas Engwall" <klas.engwall@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> David,
>
>>> ... I would like to be able to change
>>> the value for "TEMP" in the environment
>>> without restarting my program.)
>>
>> Why can't you do that by writing that "SET
>> TEMP=" instruction into a batch file?
>
> Please reread the question. Randy wants
> to change a variable on the fly in the
> environment of his already running process
> without restarting the program.

If he already knows what he wants TEMP set to, and his code is 
already running, why does he even bother to reference the 
environment?  To avoid "publics"?  How is an environment variable 
different from a public variable, if not for interthread 
communications?

I try and look past the words...

David A. Smith