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Date:      Wed, 27 Feb 2002 23:33:16 +0100
From:      Rickard Borgmäster <doktorn@realworld.nu>
To:        Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: System-wide environment variables
Message-ID:  <20020227233316.42430b8e.doktorn@realworld.nu>
In-Reply-To: <1014735740.677.25.camel@blackbox.pacbell.net>
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On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 07:02:20 -0800
Mike Makonnen <mike_makonnen@yahoo.com> hit the keyboard and punched:

> > Any such program will inherit the exported environment
> > from it's parent process. Examination of /etc/rc will lead
> > you to see what they will be for startup daemons and such like.
> > Examination of the non-interactive behaviour of a shell startup
> > script (if one is used) will tell you what that environment will
> > be. Use of the "env" command may also help.
> 
> I can't remember what he originally wanted this for, but the solution
> might be to put whatever he needs this for in a wrapper script. 

I just want to set a few variables for all uses, no matter wether
they login from shell or by gdm. Such as:
export PS1=$'[ \\u@\\h:\\w ] \\$ '

Why do I need a wrapper?

-- 

Rickard

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