On Mon Feb 10 2003 at 17:10, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 02:36:43PM -0800, Jerry Roy wrote: > > Hi List, > > > > How do I permanently set an environment variable so it works > > across reboots? I have the command down, just don't know which > > is the correct file (.bashrc? .profile?) to place it in. Someone > > said there is a "Better" way. Please offer suggestions on > > writing the command. ~/.bashrc on a per-user basis, /etc/profile (or a file in /etc/profile.d/) for making it system-wide. The man page for bash is admittedly long, but well worth reading. There is also a great bash howto/tips page here: http://en.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ > > set $ICAClient:/test/icadir > > export $ICAClient > > > The above seems strange sysntax for bash. > ICAClient=/test/icadir > export $ICAClient > seems more appropriate. No, just export the variable _name_ - not the value of the variable! (What is have there will simply export an variable named "/etc/icadir", oops :) So, simply do "export ICAClient" after you set it (not using the "set" command). With bash you can set and export a variable in one hit: export ICAClient=/test/icadir (This is not so portable for other sh-like shells). Cheers Tony -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
