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From: laredotornado on 14 Apr 2010 09:53 Hi, I'm using Mac 10.6.3. I thought the way to set global environment variables was to edit my /etc/profile file. For example, I have this in the file ... =========Begin /etc/profile ============== # System-wide .profile for sh(1) if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s` fi if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc fi export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home export CATALINA_HOME=/Library/Tomcat/Home export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH ~ =========End /etc/profile ==================== However, when I restart my system and go into my terminal, I'm not able to echo the values for the variables I defined ... -bash-3.2$ echo $JAVA_HOME -bash-3.2$ What am I doing wrong? Thanks, - Dave
From: JF Mezei on 14 Apr 2010 17:00 VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > Also, edit something at the beginnning of your .profile to demarcate it; > like #### my .profile i have echo Executing my own .profile and various echo commands in various files so I can track when something is being executed. I haven't quite yet mastered what all the various incantations mean (.profile .bashrc and all the various X files that used to work as expected but got broken with Leopard's redo of how X is started)
From: JF Mezei on 14 Apr 2010 17:03 laredotornado(a)zipmail.com wrote: > Also, why did you list, "/bin/bash -l -v"? Did you want me to define > those environment variables in there? - Dave bash -l -v shows what gets executed when you start a new bash instance. If you added commands in /etc/profile, you shoudl see them being executed as part of this. If you don't see them, it measn you added them to the wrong file. Also a /etc/profile isn't really a "system wide" definition, it is a defition which is applied separately to bash processes. Aka: you cannot change the value of a symbol and have that new value be known to all processes.
From: Barry Margolin on 14 Apr 2010 20:16 In article <545ec116-c67d-4505-8fbe-0fb29c2127c2(a)i37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, "laredotornado(a)zipmail.com" <laredotornado(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Mac 10.6.3. I thought the way to set global environment > variables was to edit my /etc/profile file. For example, I have this > in the file ... > > =========Begin /etc/profile ============== > # System-wide .profile for sh(1) > > if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then > eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s` > fi > > if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then > [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc > fi > > export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home > export CATALINA_HOME=/Library/Tomcat/Home > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH > export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH > > ~ > =========End /etc/profile ==================== > > > However, when I restart my system and go into my terminal, I'm not > able to echo the values for the variables I defined ... > > -bash-3.2$ echo $JAVA_HOME > > -bash-3.2$ > > > What am I doing wrong? Thanks, - Dave /etc/profile and ~/.profile are only executed in login shells, not ordinary shells. In your Terminal preferences, in the Startup tab, is "Shells open with Default login shell" selected? -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: laredotornado on 15 Apr 2010 08:50
On Apr 14, 7:16 pm, Barry Margolin <bar...(a)alum.mit.edu> wrote: > In article > <545ec116-c67d-4505-8fbe-0fb29c212...(a)i37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, > > > > "laredotorn...(a)zipmail.com" <laredotorn...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm usingMac10.6.3. I thought the way to set global environment > > variables was to edit my /etc/profile file. For example, I have this > > in the file ... > > > =========Begin /etc/profile ============== > > # System-wide .profile for sh(1) > > > if [ -x /usr/libexec/path_helper ]; then > > eval `/usr/libexec/path_helper -s` > > fi > > > if [ "${BASH-no}" != "no" ]; then > > [ -r /etc/bashrc ] && . /etc/bashrc > > fi > > > export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home > > export CATALINA_HOME=/Library/Tomcat/Home > > export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH > > export MANPATH=/opt/local/share/man:$MANPATH > > > ~ > > =========End /etc/profile ==================== > > > However, when I restart my system and go into my terminal, I'm not > > able to echo the values for the variables I defined ... > > > -bash-3.2$ echo $JAVA_HOME > > > -bash-3.2$ > > > What am I doing wrong? Thanks, - Dave > > /etc/profile and ~/.profile are only executed in login shells, not > ordinary shells. > > In your Terminal preferences, in the Startup tab, is "Shells open with > Default login shell" selected? > > -- > Barry Margolin, bar...(a)alum.mit.edu > Arlington, MA > *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** Hi, no I have the command "/bin/bash" because I want bash to be my default startup shell. Incidentally, I get a "-bash: /etc/profile: Permission denied" error when I fire up the terminal application. Thanks for additional help, - Dave |