From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24848 invoked from network); 1 May 1998 05:28:04 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 1 May 1998 05:28:04 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA22218; Fri, 1 May 1998 01:22:12 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 01:22:12 -0400 (EDT) To: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Path: mason From: mason@primenet.com.au (Geoff Wing) Newsgroups: lists.zsh.workers Subject: Re: env variables Date: 1 May 1998 05:22:12 GMT Organization: PrimeNet Computer Consultants Message-ID: References: <004e01bd747a$78f97b50$80ac2ac0@copenhagen.firstquadrant.com> Reply-To: mason@primenet.com.au NNTP-Posting-Host: coral.primenet.com.au X-Trace: coral.primenet.com.au 894000132 24754 (None) 203.24.36.33 X-Complaints-To: usenet@coral.primenet.com.au X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.5.1 UNIX) Resent-Message-ID: <"a8_aM1.0.2R5.3mLIr"@math> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3898 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu Timothy Doyle typed: :Hi, Ive been unsuccessfully trying to solve a problem for a while now, and :finally thought to toss pride to the side and ask for help. : :The problem seems to be that certain programs do not recognize the existence :of certain environment variables. The programs are CVS, man, and JDK javac, :and the variables are CVSROOT, MANPATH, and CLASSPATH respectively. I had :forgotten about the problem until I just recently changed shells at my new :job (from csh to zsh), effectively disabling both man and javac. The :problem seems to be with variables previously (in csh) set with setenv. : :I would love to hear any advice you have on this matter. More information please. In zsh, does % export | egrep "(CVSROOT|MANPATH|CLASSPATH)" list all three? If not, make sure you're exporting them in one of your startup files (e.g. ~/.zshenv) so that they're env vars rather than local vars, with something like ``export CVSROOT=/path/to/my/cvs/root'' -- Geoff Wing Mobile : 0412 162 441 Work URL: http://www.primenet.com.au/ Ego URL: http://pobox.com/~gcw/