OLSETVAR(1)                       OPEN LOOK 4                       OLSETVAR(1)


NAME
      olsetvar - sets a shell variable to a value in the user's $HOME/.olsetup
      file.

SYNOPSIS
      olsetvar - variable value [user]

DESCRIPTION
      The olsetvar program edits the file ~user/.olsetup (~user refers to the
      home directory of the user user) to add a shell assignment statement with
      the variable variable to the value value. The variable is exported as
      well so that programs that shell .olsetup will have these new variables
      set in their respective environments. If a user is not specified through
      user, $HOME is the home directory used. This command is used by the OPEN
      LOOK workspace manager to assign the variable OLINVOKE a value and it is
      used by the command oladduser to set up other variables.

      If the name of the login ID is not the same as the $HOME variable, the
      user should invoke olsetvar with the login ID on the command line.

      olsetvar will ensure that no duplicate entries of variable assignments
      are made. If a value already exists for the specified variable, olsetvar
      will reset this value to the new value.  olsetvar will write an error
      message on standard error and exit if the ~user/.olsetup does not exist,
      if the user does not exist, or if write permissions are not granted on
      the user's ~user/.olsetup file.

EXAMPLES
      olsetvar OLINVOKE yes usera

      olsetvar PATH '$PATH:/usr/X/bin'

FILES
      $HOME/.olsetup

SEE ALSO
      oladduser(1), olunsetvar(1)

















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