Re: Creating User environment variables.

[Karim Nowruzi <norozi shirazu ac ir>]

On Sat, 2003-05-31 at 20:32, dlangschied wrote:
> Hi!
> I am use to the HP-UX world where you can create a user specific environemtn
> by modifying the .profile.  How do you do the same in Linux?
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> David Langschied
> Langschied Consulting Services
> 25644 Mackinac
> Roseville, MI 48066
> 
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use export for short like this:
export VIRIABLENAME=VARIABLVALUE

to see if you have defined it use $ like this
echo $VARIABLENAME