diff --git a/bash-5.1/r_variables/src/lib.rs b/bash-5.1/r_variables/src/lib.rs
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..667d637bc72e8d2bc03e3d2b4c1895586d4870d0 100644
--- a/bash-5.1/r_variables/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bash-5.1/r_variables/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+use libc::*;
+use r_bash::*;
+use std::ffi::CStr;
+
+extern "C" {
+   fn xmalloc(_: size_t) -> *mut libc::c_void;
+   fn parse_and_execute(
+        _: *mut libc::c_char,
+        _: *const libc::c_char,
+        _: libc::c_int,
+    ) -> libc::c_int;
+}
+
+#[no_mangle] 
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn bind_variable(
+    mut name: *const libc::c_char,
+    mut value: *mut libc::c_char,
+    mut flags: libc::c_int,
+) -> *mut SHELL_VAR {
+    let mut v: *mut SHELL_VAR = 0 as *mut SHELL_VAR;
+    let mut nv: *mut SHELL_VAR = 0 as *mut SHELL_VAR;
+    let mut vc: *mut VAR_CONTEXT = 0 as *mut VAR_CONTEXT;
+    let mut nvc: *mut VAR_CONTEXT = 0 as *mut VAR_CONTEXT;
+
+   
+    if shell_variables.is_null() {
+        create_variable_tables();
+    }
+    if !temporary_env.is_null() && !value.is_null() {
+        bind_tempenv_variable(name, value);
+    }
+    vc = shell_variables;
+    while !vc.is_null() {
+        if vc_isfuncenv!(vc) || vc_isbltnenv!(vc)
+        {
+        }
+}
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone)]
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct saved_dollar_vars {
+    pub first_ten: *mut *mut libc::c_char,
+    pub rest: *mut WORD_LIST,
+    pub count: libc::c_int,
+}
+