set and env show values of what file(s)?
 

hello all,

the commands "set" and "env" get and show values of what files?


I have read than:

set get and show values of:
/etc/bashrc (or /etc/bash.bashrc)

env get and show values of:
/etc/profile

But this not is very true in my distro's:
-Debian 3.1r1 (kernel 2.4.27-2-386)
-Fedora Core 5 (kernel 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)

have much more informations show in this commands.
so, "set" and "env" get and show values of what files?

thanks in advance!!!

The files you mention (/etc/bashrc and /etc/profile) are read at boot-time and somewher in them the env variables are exported. Further in /etc/rc.d/rc/sysinit the "foundations" of PATH are build with :
somewhere in the beginning of the file. Perhaps that is the part you are looking for.
In addition some of the scritps in /etc/rc.d/rcX.d may start services which export their own env variables.

P.S. The above paths are taken from Red hat disto, I don't know if they are the same for Fedora and Debian.

Actually, they show the current environment variables (hence 'env'). Scripts/progs can add to the env using alis cmd eg
alias vi=vim
use export cmd to ensure definitions are carried down into sub-shells eg
export vi

so, env show variables in /etc/profile and set show variables in /etc/bashrc!

this is true?

No. env shows your current environment. Things can get into your environment in different ways. /etc/profile is one way to set them. /etc/bashrc is another way. You can set them manually.

The closest "file" you can come to that contains your enviroment, is /proc/<pid>/environ, where "<pid>" is replaced by the actual process_id of your current shell.