Can I set the global value of an environment variable after having logged in? That is achieve the effect of having set it in ~/.profile.
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What variable do you want to set?ctrl-alt-delor– ctrl-alt-delor2019-07-21 13:31:32 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2019 at 13:31
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Yes you can however any executable that are launch before will not get the new value.
Just use :
export TMOUT=100
export FOO=bar
If you are in text session (putty/ssh) this is probably OK, if you are in a GUI session, this may cause problems if variable to be set are use by GUI programs.
answered Jul 21, 2019 at 13:01
