dlee@pallas.athenanet.com (Doug Lee) (12/19/90)
In article <1990Dec14.143523.23435@mks.com> paul@mks.com (Paul Steinbach) writes: >One thing to bear in mind when creating environment variables for a UNIX >style shell like the MKS korn shell is that the variable names can have >mixed case. The programs which use the above variable are probably >looking for a variable 'DVIDRVFONTS', and will ignore 'dvidrvfonts'. On a related note, there is one variable I need which I can't seem to get the MKS shell to accept: PKZIP.CFG. This is used by PKZIP to specify where the configuration file is. It seems that dots aren't allowed in variable names in the MKS shell (probably because they aren't allowed in Unix shells, either :-) ). Short of attacking PKZIP with a binary editor and, say, changing the '.' to a '_', is there a solution to this? -- Doug Lee (dlee@athenanet.com or uunet!pallas!dlee)
wnp@iiasa.ac.at (Wolf PAUL ) (12/20/90)
In article <465@pallas.athenanet.com> dlee@athenanet.com (Doug Lee) writes:
)On a related note, there is one variable I need which I can't seem to get
)the MKS shell to accept: PKZIP.CFG. This is used by PKZIP to specify where
)the configuration file is. It seems that dots aren't allowed in variable
)names in the MKS shell (probably because they aren't allowed in Unix shells,
)either :-) ). Short of attacking PKZIP with a binary editor and, say,
)changing the '.' to a '_', is there a solution to this?
Well, depending on how you start the MKS shell: you could set the
variable in COMMAND.COM before starting the MKS shell, and it will
duly be exported and available to PKZIP.
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HOME: +43-2236-618514 BITNET: tuvie!iiasa!wnp@awiuni01.BITNETandy@mks.com (Andy Toy) (12/21/90)
In article <465@pallas.athenanet.com> dlee@athenanet.com (Doug Lee) writes: >On a related note, there is one variable I need which I can't seem to get >the MKS shell to accept: PKZIP.CFG. This is used by PKZIP to specify where >the configuration file is. It seems that dots aren't allowed in variable >names in the MKS shell (probably because they aren't allowed in Unix shells, >either :-) ). You're right. You cannot have dots in variables for the Bourne or Korn Shell on UNIX. It may be possible to have PKZIP.CFG in the environment. The only way to get it into the Korn Shell's environment is to have it defined before starting the Korn Shell. If you are starting it from command.com then just make sure it is already set in command.com or if you use login then try `login your_login_name PKZIP.CFG="stuff"' or you could try `exec env PKZIP.CFG="stuff" /bin/sh'. Another alternative is to use the env command to set the variable PKZIP.CFG just for pkzip's environment. For example: env PKZIP.CFG='stuff' pkzip ... You can set an alias for it: alias pkzip='env PKZIP.CFG="stuff" c:/bin/pkzip' -- Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Internet: andy@mks.com 35 King Street North, Waterloo, UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy Ontario, CANADA N2J 2W9 Phone: 519-884-2251 FAX: 519-884-8861