Syntax for setting environment variables

Use standard UNIX™ commands to set environment variables. The examples in the following table show how to set the ABCD environment variable to value for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell. The Korn shell also supports a shortcut, as the last row indicates. Environment variables are case-sensitive.

The following diagram shows how the syntax for setting an environment variable is represented throughout this chapter. These diagrams indicate the setting for the C shell; for the Bourne or Korn shells, use the syntax illustrated in the preceding table.