Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:50:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/39089: Confusing part about setting/viewing environment vars in section 3.7 of the Handbook Message-ID: <200206110650.g5B6o3t31758@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/39089; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Martin Heinen <martin@sumuk.de> To: Marc Fonvieille <marc@blackend.org> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/39089: Confusing part about setting/viewing environment vars in section 3.7 of the Handbook Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 08:46:26 +0200 On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 09:53:22AM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > Confusing part about setting/viewing environment vars in section 3.7 of > the Handbook. Telling that you can use setenv or export to view > variables is quite confusing for the *newbie* (the use of echo $VARNAME > is described below that part in that section). Agreed, using set/setenv to list variables is confusing, but it's a useful feature that we should mention. > <indexterm><primary>Bourne shells</primary></indexterm> > - <para>To view or set an environment variable differs somewhat from > + <para>To set an environment variable differs somewhat from > shell to shell. For example, in the C-Style shells such as > <command>tcsh</command> and <command>csh</command>, you would use > - <command>setenv</command> to set and view environment variables. > + <command>setenv</command> to set environment variables. > Under Bourne shells such as <command>sh</command> and > - <command>bash</command>, you would use <command>set</command> and > - <command>export</command> to view and set your current environment > + <command>bash</command>, you would use > + <command>export</command> to set your current environment > variables. For example, to set or modify the > <envar>EDITOR</envar> environment variable, under <command>csh</command> or > <command>tcsh</command> a This omits that you can use setenv/set to list all environment variables. How about adding the following sentence to the end of this paragraph: To view all current environment environment variables use <command>setenv</command> without any arguments under C-Style shells or <command>set</command> under Bourne shells. -- Marxpitn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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