environment variable setting

chii-chan · 10-29-2003, 10:15 PM

How do I set environment variable permanently? I mean to change it in config file. What file do I have to edit to set environment variable? The other way other than "export VARIABLE=value" thing.

I'm using Redhat 8.0.

moeminhtun · 10-29-2003, 10:27 PM

set it in the /etc/profile

chii-chan · 10-29-2003, 11:02 PM

Do you mean that I just put the "export VARIABLE=values" in the file?

moeminhtun · 10-29-2003, 11:04 PM

right.

cse_200509 · 01-23-2009, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moeminhtun

set it in the /etc/profile

please tell how to set multiple values for a varible?
e.g.
i want to set
CLASS_PATH to
/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.7-bin.jar
and to
/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.18/lib/servlet-api.jar
how to do this?
please help!

CaptainInsane · 01-23-2009, 07:29 PM

For Redhat or Fedora running Tomcat, I would set the environment
variables in your users .bash_profile file.

This is one way you could do it:

Code:

CATALINA_HOME=/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.18

CLASSPATH=$CATALINA_HOME/lib/mysql-connector-java-5.1.7-bin.jar:$CATALINA_HOME/lib/servlet-api.jar

export CLASSPATH

or this, if you don't want to have to keep adding lines to the above:

Code:

CATALINA_HOME=/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.18

CLASSPATH=$CATALINA_HOME/lib/*.jar

export CLASSPATH