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diff --git a/Help/command/set.rst b/Help/command/set.rst index e37e693..dd5ea13 100644 --- a/Help/command/set.rst +++ b/Help/command/set.rst @@ -88,4 +88,10 @@ Set Environment Variable set(ENV{<variable>} <value>...) -Sets the current process environment ``<variable>`` to the given value. +Sets an :manual:`Environment Variable <cmake-env-variables(7)>` +to the given value. +Subsequent calls of ``$ENV{<variable>}`` will return this new value. + +This command affects only the current CMake process, not the process +from which CMake was called, nor the system environment at large, +nor the environment of subsequent build or test processes. |