Re: definition of global variables

2006-03-10 Thread Bob McGowan
IIRC, these are also sourced by all the related shells, such as ksh using /etc/profile and tcsh using the the 'csh' files. Bob Marco Calviani wrote: Hi list, i would like to define global variables for all the user of a Debian system, for example the following: CERN=/usr/local/ce

Re: definition of global variables

2006-03-10 Thread Olafur Jens Sigurdsson
Þann 2006-03-10, 12:49:57 (+0100) skrifaði Marco Calviani: > Hi list, >i would like to define global variables for all the user of a > Debian system, for example the following: > > CERN=/usr/local/cernlib > CERN_LEVEL=2005 > CERN_ROOT=/usr/local/cernlib/2005 > PATH=/us

definition of global variables

2006-03-10 Thread Marco Calviani
Hi list, i would like to define global variables for all the user of a Debian system, for example the following: CERN=/usr/local/cernlib CERN_LEVEL=2005 CERN_ROOT=/usr/local/cernlib/2005 PATH=/usr/local/cernlib/2005/bin LDPATH=/usr/local/cernlib/lib Where do i have to put them? I was thinking

Re: global variables in shared libraries

2004-01-21 Thread Paul Morgan
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 14:13:07 +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > Hi there, > > Please excuse the OTness of this post. Since I am writing a library > to be included in Debian, I feel that I should not be slaughtered > for bothering you and hoping for your time and knowledge. > It wouldn't be OT if y

global variables in shared libraries

2004-01-21 Thread martin f krafft
reliable answer. I am writing a shared library with the intention to make it reentrant and thread-safe, if these concepts even apply. My question is about global variables -- I know they are bad programming style, but when it comes to debugging or subsystem initialisation in C, they are sometimes

Re: Global variables

2002-06-06 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Thursday 06 June 2002 00:00, Carlos Sousa wrote: > On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:38:10 +0200 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > OK, I don't know if this was already said, but I have to include > > > > if [ -f /etc/profile ]; then > > . /etc/profile > > fi > > Are you sure you need that? Are you usin

Re: Global variables

2002-06-05 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 10:38:10 +0200 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 05 June 2002 02:11, Carlos Sousa wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:09:42 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ... > > > Yes -- the problem is the user's .profile doesn't source the > > > system one. It

Re: Global variables

2002-06-05 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Wednesday 05 June 2002 02:11, Carlos Sousa wrote: > On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:09:42 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > Yes -- the problem is the user's .profile doesn't source the system > > one. It isn't automagically sourced. > > It should be. From the bash man page: > > When

Re: Global variables

2002-06-04 Thread Carlos Sousa
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 00:09:42 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > Yes -- the problem is the user's .profile doesn't source the system > one. It isn't automagically sourced. It should be. From the bash man page: When bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a non-int

Re: Global variables

2002-05-31 Thread dman
ng the individual users variables and | > '/etc/profile' the global variables, why is it that if I set variables only | > in the '/etc/profile', thus making them global, they are not viewed by the | > system. | > Could you please explain to me what I am doing wrong or if

Re: Global variables

2002-05-31 Thread Oleg
On Saturday 01 June 2002 12:10 am, Maya wrote: > Thank you for the prompt reply. > > Actually what I'd like to know is the following: If '.bashrc' and > '.profile' are responsible for setting the individual users variables and > '/etc/profile&#

Re: Global variables

2002-05-31 Thread Maya
Thank you for the prompt reply. Actually what I'd like to know is the following: If '.bashrc' and '.profile' are responsible for setting the individual users variables and '/etc/profile' the global variables, why is it that if I set variables only in the 

Re: Global variables

2002-05-31 Thread Oleg
On Friday 31 May 2002 09:09 pm, Maya wrote: > I have removed the '.bashrc' and '.profiles' from all the users > accounts. Now we know where BOFH lives! BTW we are hiring a new sysadmin, send your resume. > Added the necessary modifications in '/etc/profile' including > the variables necessary t

Global variables

2002-05-31 Thread Maya
I have removed the '.bashrc' and '.profiles' from all the users accounts. Added the necessary modifications in '/etc/profile' including the variables necessary to configure and compile Qt-3.0.4. But now, when I try to 'echo' some variable, say for instance, 'echo $QTDIR' I get nothing; which indica