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How to define script shell variable to have scope outside script

I am using Ubuntu Natty.

I have a shell script that I saved in /etc/init.d/qstart. The shell script contains the following:

apt-get -y update
apt-get -y upgrade
apt-get -y install tofrodos gcc make nmap lsof expect sysstat
dbpass="mydbpassword"

However, after running the script, I want to verify that dbpass is installed, and enter echo $dbpassat the prompt. But it is empty.

How to define a variable in my shell script so that I can access it outside it ?!

Thanks in advance.

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