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From: undrground!markg@amix.commodore.com (Mark Gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: Environment Variables
Keywords: EDITOR=
Message-ID: <XJXX31w164w@undrground.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jun 91 00:51:08 GMT
References: <1991Jun1.213700.11805@comspec.uucp>
Organization: The Underground - Pennsylvania
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jeffg@comspec.uucp (Jeff Goebel) writes:

> Hello again.  You were all so helpful with my last problem, I thought I'd let
> you tackle another.  I want you to know, I HAVE looked elsewhere first!
> 
> However, I can not seem to find ANY documentation on how to define the
> environment variables for AmigaDOS.  I am just recently learning the UNIX
> way, and discovered that ENV: is a part of 1.3
> 
> Within the Amiga MORE, I need to define the EDITOR variable, and I can not
> for the life of me figure it out, or find ANY docs anywhere that help.
> 
> Help me... Either answer it, oir tell me where to look - please.
 
Oh boy.  You're going to hate me for this, but this is just another case 
of RTFM.  1.3 Enhancer manual, page 1-14:

        . . . (For more information on using environment variables,
        see the RAM-Handler section of this chapter and the GETENV and 
        SETENV commands in Chapter 2.)

Turning to page 1-17, in the RAM-Handler section:

        . . . You use SETENV to assign a "value" to a variable.  This
        is not necessarily a mathematical or numerical variable,
        rather it is a variable string.  For instance, if you wanted
        to use the Editor option of the MORE program, and you want to
        use MEMACS as the editing tool, type:

                SETENV EDITOR "Extras 1.3:Tools/MEMACS"

etc..

Owell.  Anyway, lots of other programs now use the environment variables. 
LhArc v1.30 and most of the ARP commands come to mind....
 
> 
> -- 
> Jeff Goebel.
> 
> Comspec Staff.  I am obligated to point out that my messages are the views
> and opinions of myself, and not those of Comspec, or my bosses in particular.

 -MG "I don't work for anybody yet.  But then again, who wants a 
17-year-old Amiga hacker?"

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