how do i set environment variables?

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12-04-2004, 10:52 PM	#1
guitarfella Member Registered: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Distribution: Slackware, Fedora 3 Posts: 53 Rep:	how do i set environment variables? what is the command for slackware to set environmental variables? could you please explain how to set them globaly and locally? thanks.!

12-04-2004, 10:54 PM	#2
ror Member Registered: May 2004 Distribution: Ubuntu Posts: 583 Rep:	Depends on what shell you're using. for bash try man export

12-04-2004, 11:05 PM	#3
guitarfella Member Registered: Dec 2004 Location: Australia Distribution: Slackware, Fedora 3 Posts: 53 Original Poster Rep:	thanks, that's the one.!

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