How to make Environment Variable Permanent ??


 
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How to make Environment Variable Permanent ??

How can i set a environment variable in unix shell ?? I can set it using setenv or export but when i close & open the terminal again i couldn't see that environment variable, how can i make that change permanent ??
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Old 05-20-2010
Hi,
you may declare it in a login-start file such as .profile in your home directory
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