Re: How do I set a Linux environment variable Please

Article View: aus.computers.linux

Article #47291

Back to aus.computers.linux Previous Next

#47291

From: Bill Unruh
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:00

12 lines
923 bytes

In <369d7ffc.2247100@news.ozemail.com.au> cmfinlay@magnet.com.au writes:

>How do I set the Linux environment variable "F_LIB"
>to the directory "/usr/local/lib/F" please
>which I have made.

Do not knwo what that environment variable is, but under bash, it is 
export F_LIB="/usr/local/lib/F"
(The export is there so that subprocesses will inherit this environment
variable)
Settin the environment is a function of the shell, so csh tcsh use a
different procedure.

Technical Details

Message-ID: <77jhua$m79$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References: <369d7ffc.2247100@news.ozemail.com.au>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 102983,89734bff8308e15
X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public
From: unruh@physics.ubc.ca (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: How do I set a Linux environment variable Please
Date: 1999/01/14
Message-ID: <77jhua$m79$1@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca>
X-Deja-AN: 432365113
References: <369d7ffc.2247100@news.ozemail.com.au>
Organization: The University of British Columbia
Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux

Reply to Parent Message