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Operating Systems AIX Best way to setup my own environmental variables ? Post 302402291 by zaxxon on Tuesday 9th of March 2010 10:43:30 AM
Old 03-09-2010
Source them. You write an extra file that contains your standard variables and just source it in all scripts where you need them like:

Code:
#/bin/bash

. ./myenv

# here comes the rest of my script
...
...

This way you can also write libraries that contain functions you often use. You can include those external scripts all by using the dot and a blank before the script to be sourced.

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As leebix says - sorry I was too slow, got interrupted while writing Smilie
 

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xt-customize-image - Customize a freshly installed copy of GNU/Linux SYNOPSIS
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