Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:12:45 -0000 From: "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> To: "Patrick Holahan" <patrick@sdn.co.za>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Exporting a variable on login Message-ID: <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKGEJAKHAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <006301c2a76f$6a282720$ec9e1ec4@staff.uunet.co.za>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Patrick Holahan > Hi guys & gals.. > > I'm trying to get cvs to work on my BSD 4.6-RELEASE system.. and > I'd like to > make it easier to use for the clients loggin on. > So what I'd like to do is set the CVSROOT variable to /usr/local/cvsroot > > However, when I try set this in .profile like so: > > CVSROOT=/usr/local/cvsroot; export CVSROOT > It doesn't work > Patrick: Try: /etc/profile for sh-like shells (bash, sh, ksh) /etc/csh.login for csh-like shells (csh, tcsh) Cheers, Barry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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