ingsetenv Command—Set Ingres Environment Variable

The ingsetenv command sets or changes the value of an Ingres environment variable. Ingres environment variables are stored in the Ingres symbol table. To view variable settings, use the ingprenv command.

This command affects Ingres environment variables stored in the symbol table (symbol.tbl) only. It does not affect Windows or UNIX environment variables. For more information on the symbol table, see the System Administrator Guide.

Caution: Never edit the symbol table directory.

Note: The ingsetenv command is not available on VMS. Use the VMS command DEFINE instead.

The ingsetenv command has the following format:

ingsetenv variable_name value

• variable_name

  Identifies the environment variable that you want to set or change.

• value

  Specifies the value to which you want to set the variable.

ingsetenv Example

This command sets the Applications-By-Forms directory environment variable (ING_ABFDIR):

Windows:

ingsetenv ING_ABFDIR \proj\abf

UNIX:

ingsetenv ING_ABFDIR /proj/abf