ENVSTORE(1)

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)