Windows command line alternative for "export"

Question

I've bought a book about Machine Learning, and it needs an environment setup. The code in the book is

$ export ML_PATH="$HOME/ml"
$ mkdir -p $ML_PATH

but as far as I know, this are Linux/UNIX commands, so there are alternatives for Windows?

Some sort of equivalent in Windows are environmental variables but you can't just think it's 100% compatibile. You should follow instructions specified for Windows — muminers, Mar 30 '18 at 13:55
It's a fair question, but as @muminers already indicates, Windows is sufficiently different enough to cause more problems. For example, that next line; see [What is equivalent to Linux mkdir -p in Windows?](https://stackoverflow.com/q/905226/2564301). — Jongware, Mar 30 '18 at 13:59
This isn't really a Python question *or* a machine-learning question (or even a programming question); it's purely about Windows, and probably a better fit for [SuperUser](https://superuser.com/). That said, if your book only documents setup steps for Linux, maybe you should use a Linux VM? You're going to hit more issues later. — Charles Duffy, Mar 30 '18 at 13:59
@CharlesDuffy: ah - the *tags* :) Let me help OP out with that. But otherwise it seems heavily programming-related. — Jongware, Mar 30 '18 at 14:01
i've already downloaded the tensor flow environment and other things requested, but i don't know how to set that env. variable. I have a Linux VM but i have to do the _WHOLE_ process. In case there isn't a way to proceed i'll follow your suggestion — Seth, Mar 30 '18 at 14:43
Google "bash export" for basic hits. Nothing special, Windows already behaves that way. So simply use SET. — Hans Passant, Mar 30 '18 at 14:58

score 48 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 29 '19 at 15:26

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answered Jan 29 '19 at 15:26

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 14 '20 at 15:00

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SET ML_PATH="$HOME/ml"
SET mkdir $ML_PATH`

edited Jul 14 '20 at 15:00

Hüseyin Zengin

answered Jul 14 '20 at 13:09

basheer alwaely

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Welcome to Stackoverflow, please consider including more details in your answer. – Hüseyin Zengin Jul 14 '20 at 13:24
Unlike EXPORT, neither of these variables will survive past the end of the script execution. – Br.Bill Mar 20 '23 at 17:37

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