Re: [SLUG] Environment Variables

[chesty]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:07:16PM +1100, Crossfire wrote:
> 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.

Is that the full answer?

Don't you need to export it as well?

TOMCAT_HOME=/dev/bush
JAVA_HOME=/dev/mug

export TOMCAT_HOME JAVA_HOME

"export: The supplied names are marked for automatic  export
         to  the  environment  of subsequently executed commands."

-- 
        chesty


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