Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 06:15:44 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: System-wide environment variables Message-ID: <20020226051544.GC1931@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <1014696241.677.5.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> References: <20020226030324.4a94cc33.doktorn@realworld.nu> <1014689577.677.0.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net> <20020226025447.GA21944@dan.emsphone.com> <1014696241.677.5.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net>
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 08:04:01PM -0800, Mike Makonnen wrote: > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 18:54, Dan Nelson wrote: > > In the last episode (Feb 25), Mike Makonnen said: > > > On Mon, 2002-02-25 at 18:03, Rickard Borgmäster wrote: > > > > > > > Where should i put this? Into rc.conf.local or something maybe? > > > > > > .login > > > > That only works if you use /bin/sh as your shell. > > or csh/tcsh (which is the same thing now). > Nope. ".login" is only used by the (t)csh. That does not answer the question, which is how to set global environment variables that are there without having to login to get them set. Any such program will inherit the exported environment from it's parent process. Examination of /etc/rc will lead you to see what they will be for startup daemons and such like. Examination of the non-interactive behaviour of a shell startup script (if one is used) will tell you what that environment will be. Use of the "env" command may also help. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- <csfbsd@raggedclown.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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