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#1 2009-09-01 09:28:26
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Where are environment variables stored?
Hi,
A not so old textbook points to .bashrc, but it obviously isn't the case with Arch. env command shows a lot of variables; there has to be a file somewhere, hasn't it?
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#2 2009-09-01 09:30:32
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
/etc/profile is systemwide, ~/.bashrc is user specific.
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#3 2009-09-01 09:52:04
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
.bashrc is all but empty; even /etc/profile is nowhere near as populated as env output...
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#4 2009-09-01 10:00:37
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
Read /etc/profile. It sources /etc/profile.$shell as well as all scripts in /etc/profile.d/ that have the execute bit set.
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#5 2009-09-01 10:03:55
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
Various scripts/programs can also export enviroment variables at their runtime...have you actually looked at the output of env ?
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#6 2009-09-01 10:07:23
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
have you actually looked at the output of env ?
Yes, I have 
. I'm just trying to trace it to source...
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#7 2009-09-01 10:26:01
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
/etc/profile/ loads many things in /etc/profile.d, which also might set environment variables.
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#8 2009-09-01 11:22:20
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Re: Where are environment variables stored?
bash and login set things like HOME, USER, PWD...
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Also interesting: /proc/PID/environ (it uses 0 separators, so: cat environ | tr '\0' '\n')
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