This doesn't actually work the way you state it. The latter file will
work for "Aqua" apps that actually use environment variables (not many
do), but not for command line apps that come from the Unix world.
As for ".profile", it doesn't automatically work. Please read the
manual page for the shells in question to see what actually happens as
the shell starts up.
Isn't there a way to have CLI apps use the Aqua variables? I think I
saw once some Perl code that read the Aqua file's variables, so
".profile" or whatever would call the Perl program to gain a copy of
the variables. The code didn't work for me. I hope someone out there
can come up with better code.
--
Daryle Walker
Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie
darylew AT mac DOT com
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