How to launch gnome-terminal from command line and duplicate environment variables?

Question

Hi All,

Is there a way to launch a gnome-terminal from the command line (i.e., using the /usr/bin/gnome-terminal command) and have the new terminal inherit the environment variables and other set variables of terminal from which the command was run? The scenario is thus:

1. Open a terminal
2. Set some variables
3. Set some environment variables
4. Launch an executable that needs the variables and the environment variables of the current terminal in a new terminal

Thoughts?

Answer 1

You need to use export against the variables in the other shell if you want child processes to inherit them.

Answer 2

This turned out to be a gnome-terminal issue. When launching the gnome-terminal, specifying the --disable-factory option provides the following directive:

"Do not register with the activation name server, and do not reuse an already running GNOME terminal process" (gnome-terminal man page)

Specifying this option was required in order to inherit the environment of the previous shell.