>> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Drew Jenkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2007 7:46:26 PM >> Subject: Re: Setting Env >> >> >If you want the environment variable to >> >be set for something that is taking place in the script, then >> >that variable must either be set in a durable way in the parent >> >environment or be set right there in the script that is using it. >> >The rc.conf method will make it available from the parent. >> >That is the whole point of rc.conf. >> >> Right. I figured that much. So, what do I actually put in that file? I >> tried these two options: >> >> setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib/mysql/ >> >> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/mysql/" >> > >Well, setenv is a csh or tcsh command and isn't in sh and probably >not in bash either (I haven't used bash). >
I am aware of that. I was trying to explain how I used every_possible_combination of things I could think of! >The export command is an sh and probably bash command and it >doesn't exist in csh or tcsh. > Yes, yes. I know. > >> >> It didn't like either, presumably because it's not calling a bash or c-shell. >> So, what should I put in /etc/rc.conf that will achieve my objective? > >Look at other variable setting in rc.conf. That should give you >a good clue. For example, in my rc.conf I have several. One is: > moused_enable="YES" >That makes the moused_enable variable have a value of YES. >So, if you want LD_LIBRARY_PATH to have the value of /usr/local/lib/mysql/ >might that not be: > LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/mysql/" > I tried that and posted yesterday that that failed. >If you put it in the script that starts things - there needs to be one - >then it depends on the script language, csh/tcsh sh/bash. >csh/tcsh use setenv and set >sh [and bash] use set and variable_name=value and needs an export to >make it available to other entities besides the shell itself. >You should look up the man pages on these things and take a look >at some other scripts such as those in /usr/local/etc/rc.d for >examples. What *things*? As far as scripts, this *should* be easy... #!/bin/csh setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/lib/mysql/ ...right? It doesn't work. Any other ideas? Drew ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"