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An environment variable is not meant to do such a trick. The script inherits the environment as a copy once it is run; the two environments are then independent.

You may need to look for interprocess communication methods. If you really, really have to do this via variable, check thisthis; although it's not the right way to communicate with a running process in normal usage.

An environment variable is not meant to do such a trick. The script inherits the environment as a copy once it is run; the two environments are then independent.

You may need to look for interprocess communication methods. If you really, really have to do this via variable, check this; although it's not the right way to communicate with a running process in normal usage.

An environment variable is not meant to do such a trick. The script inherits the environment as a copy once it is run; the two environments are then independent.

You may need to look for interprocess communication methods. If you really, really have to do this via variable, check this; although it's not the right way to communicate with a running process in normal usage.

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An environment variable is not meant to do such a trick. The script inherits the environment as a copy once it is run; the two environments are then independent.

You may need to look for interprocess communication methods. If you really, really have to do this via variable, check this; although it's not the right way to communicate with a running process in normal usage.