Setenv command in terminal.

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Setenv command in terminal.

Hello,

I'm using the unix "setenv" command in Terminal. But I keep getting the message: -bash: setenv: command not found

Can anyone tell me what's wrong? Thought 'setenv' was a standard unix command.

13" Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Sep 15, 2010 1:13 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Sep 15, 2010 1:29 PM in response to roberto

Try chflags instead. SetEnv may not be part of the bash shell. If you have the Developer Tools installed look for SetFile which I believe is similar to SetEnv.

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Answer 2

BobHarris

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Sep 15, 2010 1:38 PM in response to roberto

First this question is better asked in the Mac OS X Technologies > Unix Forum
<http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735>

'setenv' is a csh/tcsh shell built-in command.

The default Mac OS X shell is 'bash' which sets environment variables using


export VARIABLE_NAME="new value for the variable"

If you are just following some instructions you read somewhere, then either see if there is a bourne shell version (sh, bash, ksh, zsh, ...). Or translate the csh/tcsh specific commands to bourne shell varieties.

If you are a long time csh/tcsh user and want to use that shell, then try using the


chsh

command.

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