NAME

       envstore — save and restore environment variables

SYNOPSIS

       envstore command [args ...]

DESCRIPTION

       envstore can save and restore environment variables, thus transferring them between different shells.

       command must be one of

       clear
           Forget all stored variables

       eval
           Produce shell code for evaluation, restoring all saved variables

       list
           List saved variables in better readable format

       save variable [value]
           Save variable either with its current shell value or with value

       rm variable
           Remove variable from store

       Note:  Only the first character of command is checked, so envstore e instead of envstore eval, envstore c
       for envstore clear, etc., are also valid.

       For convenience, the options --version and --help are also supported.

ENVIRONMENT

       ENVSTORE_FILE  The file in which the environment parameters are stored, /tmp/envstore-EUID by default,

LIMITATIONS

       Variable names or values must not contain null bytes or newlines.

       Due to limitations imposed by most shells, it is not possible to save parameters containing more than one
       consecutive whitespace.  envstore will save and display them correctly, but unless you do  IFS  trickery,
       your shell will not be able to load them.

       The current maximum length (in bytes) is 255 bytes for the variable name and 1023 bytes for its content.

AUTHOR

       envstore was written by Daniel Friesel <derf@derf.homelinux.org>.

       Original idea and script by Maximilian Gass <mxey@ghosthacking.net>.

SEE ALSO

       envify(1)

Debian                                          December 1, 2009                                     ENVSTORE(1)