Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:55:17 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse <cwhiteh@onetel.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, cwhiteh@onetel.com Subject: Re: how to view environment variables Message-ID: <4856FD65.5060908@onetel.com> In-Reply-To: <200806161622.m5GGMEYY002616@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <200806161622.m5GGMEYY002616@lurza.secnetix.de>
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Oliver Fromme wrote: > Chris Whitehouse wrote: > > sysutils/fusefs-ntfs/files/README.FreeBSD refers to various environment > > variables, eg UBLIO_BLOCKSIZE and others. How do I find out what they > > are set to? set and printenv don't find them. I'm using standard csh and > > FreeBSD 7.0-STABLE, fuse.ko is loaded and ntfs-3g works except it > > seems very slow. > > The "env" command prints the environment variables of your > current shell (should work with any shell). > > To view the environment variables of another process, use > something like "ps -ewwp 1234" (1234 being the PID number). > This requires PROCFS to be mounted on /proc. > > Best regards > Oliver > This is the last bit of the puzzle. It does indeed print environment variables set with 'env VAR=foo prog' but as I've now understood from previous replies the program doesn't set variables, it uses them if they are already set, otherwise uses defaults. Thanks Chris
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