ARCHIVED: In Unix, how do I set an environment variable?

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The command you use to set environment variables depends on which shell you are using. To determine your shell, at the Unix prompt, enter:

  echo $SHELL

To set environment variables, use the appropriate command below:

Bourne shells

For sh, enter:
```
  VARNAME="value"; export VARNAME
```
For ksh/bash, enter:
```
  export VARNAME="value"
```

C shells

For csh/tcsh, enter:
```
  setenv VARNAME "value"
```

ARCHIVED: In Unix, how do I set an environment variable?

Bourne shells

C shells

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