Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:08:45 +0800 From: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: bf1783@gmail.com, "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to setenv using Bourne .sh Message-ID: <4C38FD7D.1090901@comclark.com> In-Reply-To: <20100710185345.4d3b69bf.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <AANLkTiklf4jVVPXKsSKAYHHas9t4mhfBgm-BMBokTb5F@mail.gmail.com> <20100710185345.4d3b69bf.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:43:13 +0000, "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Polytropon wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:53:17 +0800, Aiza <aiza21 at comclark.com> wrote: >>>> Trying the set the pkg_add environment variable PKGDIR using this >>>> >>>> >>>> setenv PKGDIR="/usr/packages" and get this error message >>>> setenv: Syntax Error. >>> Of course. The sh shell doesn't have setenv. >> It looks like he is actually using csh, because in the Bourne shell >> issuing that command usually yields "setenv: not found". His problem >> is that, unlike "export", setenv doesn't take an "=" between the >> variable and the value to be assigned to it. See csh(1). > > Yes, you're right of course, I didn't notice that. The correct > syntax for the setenv command in the C shell is > > setenv VAR "value" > > > >> When you are directed to builtin(1), it usually means that you should >> refer to the manpage(s) of the shell that you are using for the >> information that you need. > > That's why I suggested looking at csh's manpage. :-( > I am using root and have a pristine install on freebsd 8.0 so what ever the default shell for root is, is what I am using.
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