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From: "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: System-wide environment variables
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On February 25, 2002 09:03 pm, you wrote:
> I need to set these variables on my system:
>
> export
> PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X1
> 1R6/bin export PS1=$'[ \\u@\\h:\\w ] \\$ '
> export GLIB_CONFIG=/usr/local/bin/glib12-config
> export GTK_CONFIG=/usr/X11R6/bin/gtk12-config
> export IMLIB_CONFIG=/usr/X11R6/bin/imlib-config
>
> export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.ISO_8859-1
> export LC_COLLATE=sv_SE.ISO_8859-1
> export LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.ISO_8859-1
> export LC_MONETARY=sv_SE.ISO_8859-1
> export LC_NUMERIC=sv_SE.ISO_8859-1
> export LC_TIME=en_US.ISO_8859-1
>
> Right now I have them put into my .bashrc, which isn't really that
> good. It means that I have to launch all my programs from a terminal
> get these variables set.
>
> I cannot use a .xinitrc since gdm bypasses this (at least I think).
>
> Where should i put this? Into rc.conf.local or something maybe?


.bash_profile is used at login time
.bashrc is used by sub shells
.bash_logout is executed when the login shell exits

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 Environment variables in KDM (KDE2.2.2)... where do I put them?

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