setenv

Introduction

setenv is a program to set a Global Variable. A Global Variable is somewhat similar to Environment Variables on some other systems (hence the name). However, this variant really is global, and can be accessed and changed by everybody.

Usage

setenv name [value] [-path path]
name
The name of the Global Variable which gets a value.
value
The value for the given name. If the value contains spaces, then it should be included in double quotes (as usual).
path
If no value is given explicitly, then the given path will be used as value. This is done to allow the directory which contains a program to be set automatically (without ever needing configuration) by including setenv NAME at the very start of the loader file.

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last edited January 30, 1996