Top "Environment-variables" questions

Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer.

How to custom display prompt in KornShell to show hostname and current directory?

I am using KornShell (ksh) on Solaris and currently my PS1 env var is: PS1="${HOSTNAME}:\${PWD} \$ " And the prompt …

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cmake : Set environment variables from a script

I have a script that sets all variables needed for the cross-compilation. Here is just part of it : export CONFIG_…

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what is the reason for the existence of the JAVA_HOME environment variable?

Many java based application requires to set JAVA_HOME env variable. What's the purpose of this variable?

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How to set an environment variable in Amazon EC2

I created a tag on the AWS console for one of my EC2 instances. However, when I look on the …

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Environment Variable is too large on Windows 10

I know this is strange and I have spent almost 3 days searching for the solution online without getting a useful …

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How can I set an environment variable as gulp task?

I don't want type the extra arguments NODE_ENV='production' gulp every time I run gulp to set an environment …

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Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH before importing in python

Python uses the PYTHONPATH environment-variable to determine in which folders it should look for modules. You can play around with …

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Python: Platform independent way to modify PATH environment variable

Is there a way to modify the PATH environment variable in a platform independent way using python? Something similar to …

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How and where to define an environment variable on Azure

I have an ASP.NET MVC web application deployed to Azure. I'm reading my setting using the GetEnvironmentVariable(...) method. The …

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