#environment-variables

How to: How to add a directory to my path? #solution #development #it

How to add a directory to my path?

How do I add a directory to my $PATH in Ubuntu and make the changes permanent?

Answer [by Ophidian]: How to add a directory to my path?

Edit .bashrc in your home directory and add the following line:

export PATH=/path/to/dir:$PATH

You will need to source your .bashrc or logout/login (or restart the terminal) for the changes to take effect.

To source your .bas…

How to: Cannot resolve %windir% / Cannot modify %path% or %path% being reset on boot #programming #development #dev

Cannot resolve %windir% / Cannot modify %path% or %path% being reset on boot

See Updates 3 and 4 below for how the issue has evolved

My computer (Windows 7 x64, Lenovo Thinkpad T530) is having an issue resolving %windir%. After boot-up, everything works fine. At some point a while later, the computer is suddenly unable to resolve %windir%.

Checking the environment variables window shows that it…

Answer: adding PATH with SETX or PATHMAN or something else? #fix #programming #solution

adding PATH with SETX or PATHMAN or something else?

I am trying to add a PATH from command line, as with SETX %PATH%… it always expands the PATH, which I don’t want.

PATHMAN is exactly for this purpose, but it doesn’t work for me on Windows 7. It freezes most of the times, and it doesn’t check for duplicated.

There must be a tool for managing PATH variables in the proper way. SETX would be…

How-to: How can I set environment variables for a remote rsync process? #it #computers #programming

How can I set environment variables for a remote rsync process?

When I use rsync to copy files from one computer to another, an rsync process is started on both ends. However, on the remote end, shell initialization files are apparently not read, so I cannot set up environment variables for the remote rsync process. Unfortunately, there is one server that I need to rsync to on which rsync…

Fixed: How do I set an environmental variable for a GNOME session? #programming #solution #it

How do I set an environmental variable for a GNOME session?

On my system, for apps that use SDL, I need to set an environmental variable:

export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa

to get the sound to work properly. How do I set up my GNOME session so that this variable is present for all applications (so if I run an application through Nautilus, or use DBGL, the apps work properly)?

EDIT:

Configuration files…

How to: How can I set environment variables for GUI apps in OS X Mavericks? #development #programming #it

How can I set environment variables for GUI apps in OS X Mavericks?

I’ve been struggling to get an app to run in OS X Mavericks. I finally was able to get it to run by drilling into the .app bundle and running the shell script directly. It seems that JAVA_HOME needed to be set. So I set it in my .profile in the shell, and everything works fine.

However, if I want to simply click the icon in the…

Fix: Running shell script with no environmental variables #fix #answer #development

Running shell script with no environmental variables

As I know, newly running shell script inherits it’s environment variables. Is there a way to block this? (running shell without variable inheriting)

Answer [by vmfarms]: Running shell script with no environmental variables

It seems you can prefix your script with env -i which will clear the environment before running the script:

env -i sh…

Resolved: Why is "AcceptEnv *" considered insecure? #fix #answer #computers

Why is "AcceptEnv *" considered insecure?

In /etc/ssh/sshd_config, there is an option called AcceptEnv that allows the ssh client to send environment variables. I need to be able to send a large number of environment variables. These change on every connection from the client, so putting them in a login script on the server would be more difficult.

I’ve read that "AcceptEnv *"is insecure. I’d…