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Re: importance of environment.plist file
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Re: importance of environment.plist file


  • Subject: Re: importance of environment.plist file
  • From: Rich Cook <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 16:44:52 -0800

The consequences are that it will have no effect. It is as if it did not exist at all. Poof! vanished.
BTW, I don't know if anybody pointed out this article, yet:
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/ BPRuntimeConfig/Concepts/EnvironmentVars.html>


On Dec 29, 2004, at 2:41 PM, email@hidden wrote:

Great discussion! I learned a lot.

And when I took a look at mine, discovered the only file in my
~/.MacOSX dir was called

  ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist-dont

apparently the result of some experiment by me March 4 2004 and
never undone ...

Consequences of leaving it thus?

thanks,
-fred


***************** CONTENTS environment.plist-dont ********

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist SYSTEM "file://localhost/System/Libray/DTDs/PropertyList.dtd>"
<plist version="0.9">
<dict>
<key>MrX</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>TestEnvironmentVariable</key>
<string>/My/Value</string>
</dict>
</plist>



************ INSTALLS since Mar 4 from "/var/log/install.log" *******

Mar 18 17:11:17 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update: BluetoothSetupAssistant installed to /Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth Setup Assistant.app

etc ...

Apr 16 12:16:35 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update: Relocatable software from package, SecUpd2004-04-05Pan, installed to /Applications/Mail.app

etc ...

Jun 6 16:27:25 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update: Relocatable software from package, QuickTime651, installed to /Applications/QuickTime Player.app

Jun 15 19:03:50 localhost /System/Library/CoreServices/Software Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update: Terminal installed to /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app

etc ...
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