$path vs $PATH

Chris Torek chris at umcp-cs.UUCP
Mon Jun 10 10:22:25 AEST 1985


> Furthermore, csh(1) automatically sets $path when you perform the
> command "setenv $PATH".

Actually, you said that exactly backwards (though the rest of your
text shows that you know what's really going on).

Csh automagically exports the variables ``path'' and ``term'' (doing
the appropriate translations).  What I've never quite been able to
figure out is why it does path=>PATH and term=>TERM but not PATH=>path
and TERM=>term... (after startup that is).
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