Hello Nestor,
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:27:41 -0500
> From: Nestor Waldyd <nwaldyd AT unknown>
> I was trying to use setenv and the bash answers...
>
> [waldyd@Aire waldyd]$ setenv NCARG /usr/local/src/ncarg-4.3.1
> bash: setenv: command not found
>
> How can i fix this....?
The shell bash (Bourne Again SHell) is based on the Unix shell "sh" and
historically has not supported the setenv command. Setenv is known as a
"shell builtin" command, meaning it's part of the shell interpreter
itself, not an external command (like "ls" or similar).
To accomplish the equivalent of setenv with bash, you'll need to use the
bash builtin command "declare." Have a look at the manual pages for bash
and you'll find a section for "SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS," where declare is
described fully. Briefly:
declare -x VAR=value
will set an environment-wide VAR to value, and
declare
will simply list the values of all the VARs that are set for your current
shell.
As an example:
bash-2.05a$ bash --version
GNU bash, version 2.05a.0(1)-release (i686-pc-linux-gnu)
Copyright 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
bash-2.05a$ declare -x NCARG=/usr/local/src/ncarg-4.3.1
bash-2.05a$ declare | grep NCARG
NCARG=/usr/local/src/ncarg-4.3.1
-Rick.
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