Progress
Installation and Configuration Guide
Version 9
for UNIX


UNIX Environment Variables

This section describes the operating system-specific environment variables for the UNIX operating system.

For information about setting environment variables related to Progress AppServer, Progress WebSpeed, a Progress DataServer, or the Progress SonicMQ Adapter, see the AppServer, WebSpeed, DataServer, or Progress on the Web documentation.

After installation, Progress requires little additional configuration. There are, however, several environment variables that provide for customization and flexibility. For example, the PATH environment variable allows scripts and images to be found easily, and is the only environment variable needed by most UNIX users.

Typically, the default values of Progress environment variables are based on the DLC top level variable. If so, DLC must be set to the directory where Progress is installed.

Running the proenv script sets DLC to this directory automatically. Proenv also adds $DLC/bin to your path and changes your current directory to the Progress work directory set during installation.

You can edit the .profile of a user to set up environment variables automatically each time the user logs onto the system. Also, be sure to export environment variables to make them available to child processes.

This section describes the purpose of each environment variable. Usage with the Bourne shell is given, yet other shells use similar syntax.

Table 5–1 describes the UNIX environment variables. Read these descriptions to determine the variables you want to set.

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