1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Well first of all I am a real Unix newbie. I am taking a course on it in University. I kind of understand set and setenv but, I think it si something that I should really understand. So I thought that I would try a forum out and see how good you guys really are. The question: Execute the... (1 Reply)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hello, I just want to know ow I can set permanent pathes or whatever using setenv command. I'm using c shell . regards, me (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I never undestood exactly what's the difference between the SET and SETENV commands. One sets variables visible to all users and the other (SETENV) only to the specific user environment ? Thanks in advance, BraZil - thE heLL iS HEre :mad: !!! (2 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, can anybody tell me what is the difference between set and export in unix. -Ashish (1 Reply)

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi, Is there any difference between setting an environment variable by EXPORT and by setenv? (3 Replies)

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

what is the difference in usage of set, export, typeset while declaring a value to a variable can any one help thanks (0 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I thought that set and setenv was easy enough to understand until I started experimenting. I noticed the same problem in a previous thread, so I will use it as an example. set command gave the following output: argv () cwd /homes/e/ee325328/assignment.2 home /homes/e/ee325328 path ( a... (2 Replies)

8. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi All, I use "export DISPLAY=same_host:0.0" to set my export DISPLAY and it is working fine for me.. Problem here is I have developed a script for which i should run export DISPLAY prior to running my script.... so my script should check whether export DISPLAY is set or not.. if... (6 Replies)

9. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Does know where I can find what ALL of the set options do in vi? I can't find it anywhere in vi's man pages or help files. I know about :set all but a lot of the options I have no clue what they do. (3 Replies)

10. Solaris

Hi I'm trying to understand variable scopes in solaris10. It is said that to display env variables we use 3 commands : - env - set - export What is the difference between them ? thx for help. ---------- Post updated at 11:00 AM ---------- Previous update was at 10:50 AM ---------- ... (2 Replies)