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Date:      Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:44:37 -0700
From:      Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net>
To:        CyberLeo Kitsana <cyberleo@cyberleo.net>
Cc:        Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Printing from Thunderbird
Message-ID:  <4C6F59B5.7090705@comcast.net>
In-Reply-To: <4C6F57A4.2030409@cyberleo.net>
References:  <4C6F2AA2.6060005@comcast.net>	<20100821054843.ae15204d.freebsd@edvax.de> <4C6F560C.9080700@comcast.net> <4C6F57A4.2030409@cyberleo.net>

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  On 08/20/10 21:35, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote:
> On 08/20/2010 11:29 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote:
>> Ah-ha!  In my case I am using the bash shell, and I believe the syntax
>> that is needed for the .bashrc is different than what is used in your
>> csh.cshrc.  Any idea where I can find the appropriate syntax for
>> variables stored within .bashrc?
> export PRINTER="Photoshop7760"
>
> bash(1) has extensive documentation; as bash is a superset of the bourne
> shell included in base, sh(1) is likewise useful for reference.
>
Well...I kind of thought that the "export" variable was the correct
one to use, and I entered :

     export PRINTER="Photosmart7760"

into both my .bashrc and .bash_profile, but no dice.  The printer
neither shows up in Thunderbird or Firefox





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