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Date:      Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:02:20 -0800
From:      Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com>
To:        Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System-wide environment variables
Message-ID:  <1014735740.677.25.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net>
In-Reply-To: <20020226051544.GC1931@raggedclown.net>
References:  <20020226030324.4a94cc33.doktorn@realworld.nu> <1014689577.677.0.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> <20020226025447.GA21944@dan.emsphone.com> <1014696241.677.5.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> <20020226051544.GC1931@raggedclown.net>

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On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 21:15, Cliff Sarginson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 08:04:01PM -0800, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 18:54, Dan Nelson wrote:
> > > In the last episode (Feb 25), Mike Makonnen said:
> > > > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 18:03, Rickard Borgm=E4ster wrote:
> > > > =20
> > > > > Where should i put this? Into rc.conf.local or something maybe?
> > > >=20
> > > > .login
> > >=20
> > > That only works if you use /bin/sh as your shell. =20
> >=20
> > or csh/tcsh (which is the same thing now).
> >=20
> Nope. ".login" is only used by the (t)csh.
> That does not answer the question, which is how to set global
> environment variables that are there without having to login
> to get them set.=20

I can't remember if that's what he wanted or not. If it is then you're
right .login/.profile/login.conf won't help.

> Any such program will inherit the exported environment
> from it's parent process. Examination of /etc/rc will lead
> you to see what they will be for startup daemons and such like.
> Examination of the non-interactive behaviour of a shell startup
> script (if one is used) will tell you what that environment will
> be. Use of the "env" command may also help.

I can't remember what he originally wanted this for, but the solution
might be to put whatever he needs this for in a wrapper script.=20

cheers,
mike makonnen

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