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Date: Sun 09-Nov-1989 23:27:13 From: Unknown Subject: system/shell variables in Mach-NeXT I have discovered (reported from the field actually) an unusuall bug in the 1.0 NeXT OS. The man page for lpr from a Mnt. Xinu BSD 4.3 system says lpr looks for the variable $PRINTER. This is useful if you want to set this in your .cshcr file. The man page for lpr under NeXT OS says the variable is $Printer (note case change). Either way, on the NeXT, only setenv Printer <printer name> works for lpr, but lpq doesn't listen to EITHER $PRINTER or $Printer. So, a bug or by design?? Also, exactly what IS a system variable as defined by the NeXT OS. You can see $BOOTFILE in / is a symbolic link to mach, but only has 9 bytes! I know sdmach and odmach are proabbly the same file, but where is $BOOTFILE defined to either of those kernels? If you do: echo $BOOTFILE the system says it's undefined...um so it's probably a system variable...or is it? Where is the file defined? Thanks for the insights and help this net is always known for.....end of suck-up speach...:-) Roger Jagoda System Support Cornell University FQOJ@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU >From: hall@eclipse.stanford.edu (Keith Hall)
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