there are two things u r talking right now: To Set the Variable across the system for a single User: Sol: Put that variable (var=value) in his ~/.bash_profile
To set the Variable across the system for ALL users: Sol: Put that variable (var=value) in /etc/profile vineet First of all thanks to the answers on bash completion. I frequently change an env variable (say CLASSPATH) on one terminal, i then either have to keep changing it on other terminals, or logout and login so it takes effect from bash_profile. Now I cant keep logging in and out frequently - is there a way of propogating a variable throughout the system. (I once used zsh 4 years back, do i recollect that this is possible in zsh). Thanks in advance,
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