Re: lowercase environment variable names

> Paul Jarc:

> I'm not sure if this is *enough* of a reason to avoid them, but it's
> something to consider.  Setting an environment variable that collides
> with a script's shell variable may break the script, or may cause the
> script's variable value to be exported to subsequent commands.

that could be a problem.  i usually prepend something unique when using
"private" environment variables, knowing that most of them are created with
a program name up front, if anything.

clemens