environment variables

da Perp · 01-22-2002, 08:14 AM

How can I set environment variables?
for example for my locale settings, or if i need to set a path for something?

acid_kewpie · 01-22-2002, 08:30 AM

LANG=en
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LC_COLLATE=en_GB
LC_CTYPE=en_GB
LC_MESSAGES=en_GB
LC_MONETARY=en_GB
LC_NUMERIC=en_GB
LC_TIME=en_GB

you mean that kinda stuff? set a variable with
VARIABLE=value on a command line or in a script file like /etc/rc.local, you must export all set veriables in a script file tho for them to be kept...

export VARIABLE

da Perp · 01-22-2002, 08:50 AM

so in rc.local i would add these variables, and then under the variables (still in the rc.local file) i would export each variable i added?did i understand correctly? thanx...

acid_kewpie · 01-22-2002, 09:36 AM

yeah, there are example in /etc/rc.local and /etc/profile and a few others.

DMR · 01-22-2002, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by da Perp
...i would export each variable i added?...

As you might see from the examples acid_kewpie pointed to, each varialbe does have to be exported, but they can all be specified on a single line:

export VARIABLE1 VARIABLE2 VARIABLE3...

da Perp · 01-23-2002, 09:34 AM

yeah, i did all this stuff in my rc.local but it didnt help jackshit...
can i try it in my bashrc file?