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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Configuring environment variable support for connections</h1> |
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| <p>Environment variables are set for the remote job process |
| when you first connect to a remote system. This means that the results |
| of setting the variables are shown in the Remote Shell view. |
| If the system type you are using is case sensitive (UNIX for example), |
| then the environment variables will also be case sensitive. Spaces and |
| equals signs (=) are only allowed in the value for the environment |
| variable, not in |
| its name.</p> |
| <p>You can define environment variables for all Remote System Explorer |
| connection types that support them (Windows, Linux, UNIX, and other |
| system types that are installed).</p> |
| <p>If you change an environment variable while the Remote System |
| Explorer is connected to a |
| remote server, the change does not take affect until you disconnect and |
| reconnect.</p> |
| <p>Although environment variables are set in subsystem properties |
| pages, the Remote System Explorer stores |
| them globally by connection.</p> |
| <p>If you need to specify different environment variables or user IDs |
| for a particular remote system, you can do so by defining multiple |
| connections to that |
| remote system and then defining the environment variables on the file |
| subsystem for each |
| connection.</p> |
| <p>To configure environment variables: |
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| <li><span>Create a connection to a server if necessary.</span></li> |
| <li><span>Expand your connection name in the Remote Systems view.</span></li> |
| <li><span>Right-click on a file subsystem and select <b>Properties</b>.</span></li> |
| <li><span>Click <b>Environment Variables</b> and configure the variables as needed.</span> |
| <ul> |
| <li>To add an environment variable, click <b>Add</b>. Enter a |
| name and value for this variable, and click<b>OK</b>.</li> |
| <li>To change an environment variable, select the variable in the |
| table and modify the name or value directly. To use a dialog box, |
| select the variable and click <b>Change</b>. The name and value of the |
| current variable |
| are pre-filled in the dialog box. Overwrite whichever field you want to |
| change and click <b>OK</b>.</li> |
| <li>To remove a variable, click the variable to select it and |
| click <b>Remove</b>.</li> |
| <li>To move a variable up in the list, click the variable to |
| select it and click <b>Move up</b>.</li> |
| <li>To move a variable down in the list, click the variable to |
| select it and click <b>Move down</b>.</li> |
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