olsetvar(1)

sets a shell variable to a value in the user's $HOME/.olsetup file.

From the original Amiga UNIX 2.1 manual. Some things it mentions may not be in this release.

NAME

olsetvar - sets a shell variable to a value in the user's $HOME/.olsetup file.

SYNOPSIS

olsetvar - variable value [user]

DESCRIPTION

The olsetvar program edits the file ~user/.olsetup (~user refers to the home directory of the user user) to add a shell assignment statement with the variable variable to the value value. The variable is exported as well so that programs that shell .olsetup will have these new variables set in their respective environments. If a user is not specified through user, $HOME is the home directory used. This command is used by the OPEN LOOK workspace manager to assign the variable OLINVOKE a value and it is used by the command oladduser to set up other variables. If the name of the login ID is not the same as the $HOME variable, the user should invoke olsetvar with the login ID on the command line. olsetvar will ensure that no duplicate entries of variable assignments are made. If a value already exists for the specified variable, olsetvar will reset this value to the new value. olsetvar will write an error message on standard error and exit if the ~user/.olsetup does not exist, if the user does not exist, or if write permissions are not granted on the user's ~user/.olsetup file.

EXAMPLES

olsetvar OLINVOKE yes usera

olsetvar PATH '$PATH:/usr/X/bin'

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