Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:03:06 -0500 From: Tim Daneliuk <tundra@tundraware.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [stupid question] setting env variables globally Message-ID: <4719299A.8050103@tundraware.com> In-Reply-To: <20071019211433.GA76124@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <4718D7D4.2010604@gmail.com> <20071019211433.GA76124@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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> On Fri, Oct 19, 2007 at 04:14:12PM +0000, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: >> Is there any way to set the default value of a enviromental variable >> globally. Specifically I want JAVA_VERSION to default to "1.6" unless >> the user sets it other wise. By global I mean no matter how something >> is invoked (command line, script, GUI, IPC trigger, etc.) if it checks >> the value of the var it gets the same value (and I want to do this >> system wide) > For userland stuff that is invoked after a login (i.e. In some user's login context), I have a master profile I keep in /usr/local/etc/.myprofile. I then source this from the .profile or .bashrc in a given user's account. If you need this for cron jobs, there is a way to set environment variables in the crontab entry IIRC... HTH, ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra@tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/
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