Thanks for your explanation. El Dom 09 Dic 2001 08:39, escribiste: > environment variables store certain settings/values that are needed by > programs on your machine. it allows you to specify the settings/values in > a central location. environment variables are usually stored in > /etc/profile (for access by all users) or /home/user/.bashrc (for access by > only "user"). > > for example, a lot of programs that use java need to know where your java > virtual machine (jvm) is located. > > you can store the location of your jvm in the environment variable in one > of the above files as: > > JAVA_VM=/usr/java/jvm/sun/131_01/bin > export JAVA_VM > > > then, a program, which needs to know where you jvm is located, you can > simply specify (in one that application's configuration files) $JAVA_VM. > then you don't have to write out the entire path. > > also, when you change the path for your JAVA_VM, you won't have to update > each configuration file. just the JAVA_VM "environment variable". > > in short, environment variables can be thought of as a type of alias... > > At 17:36 01/12/09 -0300, you wrote: > >These days i've read about the environment variables in this list but i > > don't know what they are > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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