-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 10 February 2003 06:10 pm, 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. > > > > set $ICAClient:/test/icadir > > export $ICAClient > > The above seems strange sysntax for bash. > ICAClient=/test/icadir > export $ICAClient > > seems more appropriate. I don't believe that's correct either. [mfratoni@paradox mfratoni]$ ICAClient=/test/icadir [mfratoni@paradox mfratoni]$ export $ICAClient bash: export: `/test/icadir': not a valid identifier Either: export ICAClient=/test/icadir or ICAClient=/test/icadir export ICAClient Both of which result in: [mfratoni@paradox mfratoni]$ echo $ICAClient /test/icadir - -- - -Michael pgp key: http://www.tuxfan.homeip.net:8080/gpgkey.txt Red Hat Linux 7.{2,3}|8.0 in 8M of RAM: http://www.rule-project.org/ - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SD3tn/07WoAb/SsRAik8AJ4p9XBYxJiASyzRixKSgCbFF+YfMwCguNQk ucN3yiQSD4Ty9EnycOlWYC8= =C26L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
