On Monday 14 July 2003 13:59, Alexis Vasquez wrote: > sorry Jesse, I mean any parameters. > > in this case > INFORMIXDIR=/informix/bin > INFORMIXSERVER=myserver > export 'SEVERAL THINGS' > and at last a command > > $INFORMIXDIR/lib/sqlexec myserver -s sqlexec > > beside other stuff like a 'mount' I think you're going about this the wrong way. Global variables like that should go in /etc/profile.d/, in it's own .sh file. Mounts should be taken care of in /etc/fstab, and starting informix should be handled by an init script to take advantage of/conform to the SysV init structure of system services. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE http://geek.j2solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list