bruce wrote: > hi.. > > i've made a change to the "/etc/profile" file. as i understand it, the > profile file is run for every user who logs in... > > how can i verify/see a given env var that i set in the profile.. > > i did: > foo ='abc' > export foo You can't have a space between foo and =. -- ...stones that were missing him by inches and in some cases, hitting him by kilograms. (Sourcery)