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Environment variables

I need to set the environment variable for use in a web application. I don´t know how to create for use in Mojave OS. Can anyone give me some directions for setting that environment variable.


Thanks.

Macbook (2015 or later)

Posted on Jan 4, 2019 9:04 AM

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Posted on Jan 5, 2019 10:45 AM

It seems to me the right way to accomplish that would be to create a launch daemon to set that environment variable at boot or login.


Start here: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/BPSystemStartup/index.html or man launchd

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Jan 4, 2019 9:32 AM in response to John Galt

Hello Jhon,


I am developing a web application and I need to read data from an environment variable. I wrote export VARIABLE = /path/file.properties in the file /etc/profile but the application does not find that variable when executing.


When I execute in the terminal app then next command launchctl setenv VARIABLE $ VARIABLE finds it, but every time I restart my MAC, I have to enter at terminal app and run launchctl .....


How to permanently set environmet variable?


Thank you.

Environment variables

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