I'm on Fedora Core 4 OS... e.g. export CLASSPATH=/home/username results in a *temporary* CLASSPATH. If I close the terminal window and open a new one the command echo $CLASSPATH results in no CLASSPATH(!) The command env shows that there is no CLASSPATH env variable. I guess I need to *add* the env variable CLASSPATH for e.g. the username. How do I do that? /dan