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Old 12-01-2004, 04:04 AM   #1
sibtay
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setting permant environment variables


hi everyone

what is the name and location of the file where you
can export your environment variables, so that they persist
after you restart

i want to make a particular environment variable define for all users.

thank you
 
Old 12-01-2004, 04:10 AM   #2
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all right i remember it now...
i ve to add the export line in /etc/profile file

thank you
 
Old 12-01-2004, 04:13 AM   #3
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search for your .profile and .bashrc and edit them as you wish

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