From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 16:10:33 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F7DC16A401 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout4.cac.washington.edu (mxout4.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DC3513C48E for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 16:10:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout4.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l27GAWI7022163 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:10:32 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.41] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id l27GAVhD011697 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 08:10:32 -0800 Message-ID: <45EEE3F4.8070408@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:10:28 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070122) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <812894.39097.qm@web62205.mail.re1.yahoo.com> <20070307154059.GA14814@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20070307154059.GA14814@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.7.75433 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='LEO_OBFU_SUBJ_RE 0.1, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Setting Env X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:10:33 -0000 Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:28:39PM -0800, Drew Jenkins wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Jerry McAllister >> To: Drew Jenkins >> 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). > > The export command is an sh and probably bash command and it > doesn't exist in csh or tcsh. > > >> 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/" > > 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. > > ////jerry >> TIA, >> Drew Ok. Simplest way to solve this is to make your own run script and invoke it at boot. It's not that bad to do from what I understand.. -Garrett