Hi Peter,
So are you saying that I have to write the environment variables to the
executable file of the process I want to start? Or do I need to write
it in .bashprofile? Or where?
Thank you!
Karen
Peter Heckert wrote:
>
> Hi Karen,
>
> each prozess has an "environment", wich is a private memory range.
> When you set an environment variable,then you are writing to this memory.
> If you "export" an environment variable,then this means,that
> each prozess which you will start afterwards, will inherit a copy of
> this variable. Variables set in parallel or previous processes
> are not affected. So you cannot change the environment of processes,
> which are already running.
> All environment vars are volatile,so if you need permanent settings
> then you will need to write them to a shell script.
> You can have later shell scripts overwriting this inherited copy of
> the parent environment without affecting previously started prozesses
> or parallel prozesses.
>
> However,I dont know if it is possible to run 2 different Java VM's at the
> same time, if this is what you want. (I would doubt this)
>
> Im a Newbie and never posted to any mailing list before,so this is
> my first try. If there are mistakes,then please correct me.
>
> greetings,
>
> Peter
>
> "Karen M. Heiby" wrote:
