[Coco] OS-9 environment variables?

[Allen Huffman]

On Apr 15, 2009, at 6:25 PM, Tim Fadden wrote:
> Ya, configuration file that define the ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES. ALL  
> variables are initially read from a file on any os, and then either  
> used, or become part of the shell environment. Once the initial read  
> takes place, they can be manipulated in memory, and apply for that  
> shell only.  What variables are you talking about? Just what I  
> described is exactly what Willard explained below.

I was talking about the variables set and read by setenv() and  
getenv(), which are memory variables. But, an autoexec.bat/ 
startup/.login/etc can issue commands like "setenv TERM=vt100" on  
startup to set initial values or create them.

> I went through the Tandy one, and setenv() and getenv() are not  
> there, but they have to be written into the multivue program to some  
> extent.  It does read the /dd/sys/env.file when it starts. I'm not  
> sure whether the changes made are written back to the env.file.   
> Will have to test that.

Fun stuff!

		-- Allen