From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Dec 9 15: 2:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A34E15097; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 15:02:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:02:05 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105DF4@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'David Wolfskill' , fosterex@uswest.net, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: USA_RESIDENT = YES or NO Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:02:14 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Or, in the case of that specific variable. You can edit /etc/make.conf and change it there. -Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: David Wolfskill [SMTP:dhw@whistle.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 6:09 PM > To: fosterex@uswest.net; freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG; > freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: USA_RESIDENT = YES or NO > > >From: "Stephen Foster" > >Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 15:47:47 -0700 > > [Including -questions, since it's probably better-suited for that list; > leaving -newbies, so folks will have a clue as to what happened. dhw] > > >How do I change the variable for USA_RESIDENT =3D NO to USA_RESIDENT =3D > = > >YES in FreeBSD 3.3? > > That isn't so much an operating system issue as an issue of what shell > you're using. > > Those strings are called "environment variables", and they are > maintained by the "shell" (the process that reads the commands that you > type and does something with them). > > There are a couple of major "families" of shells in common use nowadays: > > * Bourne shell (and other shells that use its syntax): sh, ksh, (bash?) > > * C shell (and descendants): csh, tcsh. > > (There are other shells around, but these are the more common ones.) > > If you use one of the former set, you type > > export USA_RESIDENT; USA_RESIDENT=YES (or, at least in ksh, you can > enter both as a single command as "export USA_RESIDENT=YES"). > > If you use one of the latter, "setenv USA_RESIDENT YES" is the > appropriate incantation. > > The information, in any case, ought to be available in the "man page" > for the shell you are using at the time. > > Cheers, > david > -- > David Wolfskill dhw@whistle.com UNIX System > Administrator > voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (888) 347-0197 FAX: (650) 372-5915 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message