[expert] Newbie Question

[John LeMay]

I'm actually not a newbie, and this is embarrasing to ask, but here
goes. I added the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:

PILOTRATE=115200
export PILOTRATE

However env does not show this var as being set after I login. Why???
Shouldn't this var now be set for every user unless it is overwritten by
something like the user's .bash_profile?

Thanks!

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