topic Re: Setting shell variables in Operating System - HP-UX

Setting shell variables

ranjinis — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:05:22 GMT

I need to set $HOME path in my application where the files ll b read while compiling.

When i try to set $XXX_HOME = "certain path" , i am getting error as "$XXX_HOME : parameter not set"

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Dennis Handly — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:03:40 GMT

If you want to set a shell variable, you don't use the "$", if on the left side:

XXX_HOME="certain path"

dabella12 — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:58:38 GMT

export XXXX_HOME="certain path"