Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 17:17:37 +0200 From: "Patrick Holahan" <patrick@sdn.co.za> To: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Exporting a variable on login Message-ID: <008c01c2a771$c4846830$ec9e1ec4@staff.uunet.co.za> References: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKGEJAKHAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hey Barry, > > Hi guys & gals.. > > > > I'm trying to get cvs to work on my BSD 4.6-RELEASE system.. and > > I'd like to > > make it easier to use for the clients loggin on. > > So what I'd like to do is set the CVSROOT variable to /usr/local/cvsroot > > > > However, when I try set this in .profile like so: > > > > CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot; export CVSROOT > > It doesn't work > > > > Patrick: > > Try: > > /etc/profile for sh-like shells (bash, sh, ksh) > /etc/csh.login for csh-like shells (csh, tcsh) Thanks very much.. This worked perfectly (: -ph To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?008c01c2a771$c4846830$ec9e1ec4>