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I agree. In the "normal" shells, you need to use "export" instead of "set"!

Am 28. September 2021 19:32:02 MESZ schrieb Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org>:
>On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 08:19:26AM -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote:
>> > CONCLUSIONS
>> > 
>> > Audio messages can be interpreted.  Eg.,
>> > set AUDIODEV=plughw:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0; play m94.WAV
>> 
>> Hasty reply.  In further use, didn't always work.  I removed the PCI 
>> sound card, removed the plastic cover from the sockets on the system 
>> board and connected speakers.  Subsequently commands such as this 
>> always work.
>> 
>> set AUDIODEV=plughw:CARD=ICH5,DEV=0 ; play a42.WAV
>
>Are you in csh/tcsh?  If you're in a more "normal" shell (bash or zsh),
>that set command doesn't do anything useful.  Certainly nothing that
>would affect the play command.
>
>Even if you're in (t)csh, my understanding is that "set" sets shell
>variables, and you need "setenv" to set environment variables (which
>could conceivably affect the play command).  So, even in (t)csh, I
>don't see how your set command is supposed to work.
>
>Other shells... rc? fish?  I don't know these.  I have no idea what
>the set command does in them.
>

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Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-07-30 06:00 +0200
  Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-30 08:00 +0200
    Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-07-30 15:40 +0200
      Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-07-30 18:40 +0200
        Re (2): Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-07-31 20:00 +0200
          Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-28 18:00 +0200
            Re: Persistent names for audio devices. ghe2001 <ghe2001@protonmail.com> - 2021-09-28 19:30 +0200
              Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-28 23:40 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-29 01:40 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-29 22:40 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-09-30 05:40 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-30 19:10 +0200
            Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-28 19:40 +0200
              Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Nils <tuxifan@posteo.de> - 2021-09-28 20:00 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2021-09-28 21:20 +0200
              Re: Persistent names for audio devices. peter@easthope.ca - 2021-09-29 00:10 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-09-29 00:20 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-09-29 09:00 +0200
                Re: Persistent names for audio devices. David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2021-09-29 13:00 +0200

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