On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 04:53:09PM -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 10:32:39PM +0000, Joel Massey wrote: > > I can't set env vars. I have tried from a terminal in Gnome, I have tried from the > > command line, I have tried using my .profile file and .bash-profile file. > > Anybody have any ideas???? I really don't want to re-install. BTW I am using a > > fresh install of RH 7.1. > > (my forehead hurts from pounding my head on the keyboard, make it stop...) > I do not know what you tried to do. > The following will set an enviroment variable caller $DUMMY > DUMMY="joe" > echo $DUMMY > joe
If you want the variable to be visible to children programs, you must also export it. So I would just use export DUMMY="joe" > > In a bash script it is a little more complicated. You need to export > the variable such as: > DUMMY="joe" > export $DUMMY > > - or - > export DUMMY="joe" > > assuming you are using a bash shell. For example, for csh shell the > definition would have a different syntax. > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Aaron Konstam > Computer Science > Trinity University > 715 Stadium Dr. > San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Seawolf-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
pgp00000.pgp
Description: PGP signature
