Setting environment variables

It is crucial to the operation of Sybase products that the system environment variables be set correctly. Environment variables are set in the user’s environment either interactively or by including them in the user’s .login and .cshrc files (for C shell) or .profile file (for Bourne shell).

Only the file owner or the “root” user can edit a user’s .login, .cshrc, or .profile file.

You may want to verify that the Adaptive Server environment variables in Table 3-1 are set correctly.

To check the current value of environment variables:

Enter the following command at the operating system prompt:
```
setenv
```

Table 3-1 describes the system environment variables for Adaptive Server.

**Table 3-1: System environment variables**
Variable	Sample value	Function
DSLISTEN	IGNATZ	Used at Adaptive Server start-up; enables the specified Adaptive Server to listen for input from front-end software.
DSQUERY	IGNATZ	Defines the Adaptive Server to which local client applications connect.
PATH	/usr/bin:/etc: /usr/sbin: /usr/ucb: /usr/bin/X11:/sbin	Appends the full path to the Adaptive Server bin subdirectories.