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                      3: environmental variables      Overview     environmental variables
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                      8: The  _e_n_v_i_r_o_n_m_e_n_t is  a set  of  information that  is read  by all
                      9: programs that  run on  your system.  It  consists of one  or more
                     10: _e_n_v_i_r_o_n_m_e_n_t_a_l _v_a_r_i_a_b_l_e_s that  you set.  For example, when you set
                     11: the environmental variable  PPAATTHH, you tell COHERENT that you wish
                     12: to  pass  this  information  to  all  programs  on  your  system,
                     13: including COHERENT itself.
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                     15: By changing  the environment,  you can  change the way  a command
                     16: works without  rewriting any commands that  you may have embedded
                     17: in batch files, scripts, or mmaakkeeffiillees.
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                     19: COHERENT uses  the following  environmental variables to  set its
                     20: environment.  The programs that you write may use others that you
                     21: define yourself, if you wish.
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                     24:      AASSKKCCCC        Have mmaaiill prompt for CC names
                     25:      CCWWDD          Current working directory
                     26:      EENNVV          File read to set environment
                     27:      FFCCEEDDIITT       Editor used by the ffcc command
                     28:      IIFFSS          Characters recognized as white space
                     29:      HHOOMMEE         User's home directory
                     30:      KKSSHH_VVEERRSSIIOONN  List current version of Korn shell
                     31:      LLAASSTTEERRRROORR    Program that last generated an error
                     32:      MMAAIILL         File that holds user's mail messages
                     33:      PPAAGGEERR        User's preferred output filter
                     34:      PPAATTHH         Directories that hold executable files
                     35:      PPSS11          User's default prompt
                     36:      PPSS22          Prompt when unbalanced quotation marks span a line
                     37:      SSEECCOONNDDSS      Number of seconds since current shell started
                     38:      SSHHEELLLL        Name the default shell
                     39:      TTEERRMM         Name the default terminal type
                     40:      TTIIMMEEZZOONNEE     User's current time zone
                     41:      UUSSEERR         Name user's identifier
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                     44: ***** See Also *****
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