Basil Dewhurst was once rumoured to have said:
> Dear SLUGgers,
> 
> Perhaps someone could give me a hand with what I think should be a fairly
> simple query.
> 
> I'm installing a Museum Collection Management System (CMS) called Museolog.
> It requires PostgreSQL, Tomcat, and the latest JDK.  Is there a way to
> ensure that an environment variable you might create, like say TOMCAT_HOME
> or JAVA_HOME, persists after the terminal you created them in is closed?

yes, you set it in the environment one level up.

Of course, this may not be practical in most cases.

In which case you add it to your .bashrc/.profile/.login/.whatever so
it gets set when you log in.

C.
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