[stupid question] setting env variables globally

2007-10-19 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman
Is there any way to set the default value of a enviromental variable globally. Specifically I want JAVA_VERSION to default to 1.6 unless the user sets it other wise. By global I mean no matter how something is invoked (command line, script, GUI, IPC trigger, etc.) if it checks the value of the

Re: [stupid question] setting env variables globally

2007-10-19 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:14:12PM +, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Is there any way to set the default value of a enviromental variable globally. Specifically I want JAVA_VERSION to default to 1.6 unless the user sets it other wise. By global I mean no matter how something is invoked

Re: [stupid question] setting env variables globally

2007-10-19 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Oct 19, 2007, at 9:14 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Is there any way to set the default value of a enviromental variable globally. Specifically I want JAVA_VERSION to default to 1.6 unless the user sets it other wise. By global I mean no matter how something is invoked (command line,

Re: [stupid question] setting env variables globally

2007-10-19 Thread Tim Daneliuk
On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:14:12PM +, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: Is there any way to set the default value of a enviromental variable globally. Specifically I want JAVA_VERSION to default to 1.6 unless the user sets it other wise. By global I mean no matter how something is invoked