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$MT_MEGATEST -env2file .ezsteps/${stepname}
Simply give your step name an extension of .sh or .csh. The environment variables will be propagated.
+ + | +aliases and variables with strange whitespace or characters will not propagate correctly. Put in a ticket on the http://www.kiatoa.com/fossils/megatest site if you need support for a specific strange character combination. | +
[ezsteps] +step1.sh export SOMEVAR=$(ps -def | wc -l);ls /tmp +# The next step will get the value of $SOMEVAR from step1.sh +step2.sh echo $SOMEVAR+