[jira] [Created] (GEODE-3635) Set Variable command does not behave as documented

["Patrick Rhomberg (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Patrick Rhomberg created GEODE-3635:
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             Summary: Set Variable command does not behave as documented
                 Key: GEODE-3635
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GEODE-3635
             Project: Geode
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: docs, gfsh
            Reporter: Patrick Rhomberg


The Set Variable command does appear to set gfsh environment properties, but these values are only accessible by Java methods that use them.  They do not parse in the bash style.  For instance:

{noformat}
gfsh> set variable --name=FOO --value=bar
Value for variable FOO is now: bar.

gfsh> echo --string=${FOO}
${FOO}
{noformat}

Examining the implementation, there is an explicit special case of

{noformat}
gfsh> echo --string=$*
{noformat}

which will describe the current gfsh environment.  Rather than this special case, this may be better suited to a Describe Environment command.



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