Well, that's what I thought. I was getting this info from the section "Setting Windows/DOS environment variables" of the Wine User Guide. It talked about export MYVARIABLE=myvariable or editing the /etc/profile. I see what you are saying. I think I went down the wrong path too early. Thanks, Scott >> My problem is: it's looking for an entry in the PATH environment variable >> that includes 'C:\COBOL' which stores library files it looks for when >> starting the program. I r.t.f.m. and made entries into /etc/profile. That >It doesn't appear you rtfm'd the _right_ fm :-) >> did not produce desirable results. (I was locked out of x-windows) From what >> I have read and what I see in /etc/profile, the colon is a special >> character. >Your linux PATH isn't the same as your Wine PATH. Think about it. >See ~/.wine/config. Look for the [wine] section, and put your cobol path there. >-- >derek _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users This transmission (and any information attached to it) may be confidential and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the transmission to the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this transmission in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately notify LabOne at (800)388-4675. _______________________________________________ wine-users mailing list wine-users@winehq.com http://www.winehq.com/mailman/listinfo/wine-users