[openbeosnetteam] Re: PPP homepage

"Waldemar Kornewald" <Waldemar.Kornewald@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, but where do we get the value for the environtment variable 
> from? :)
> Normally, the shell should load /etc/profile and the boot-scripts. If 
> we 
> run an app from the kernel it does not have any environment variables 
> set. If I understood it correctly, on boot-up the kernel runs the 
> shell which 
> loads /etc/profile and the main boot-script. Only this shell can give 
> its 
> environment variables to the other processes that it runs (when 
> interpreting the boot-script).
> Consequently, we must run a shell that loads /etc/profile (if that is 
> enough) 
> and _then_ executes our app. Otherwise it will not have the default 
> environment variables set.
> 
> Is that understandable and correct?

You should definitely use "sh" if you want /etc/profile to be executed, 
yes. But I don't know where all the other variables are taken from, and 
there is no documented way to get the variables of another team.
What variables do you need anyway?

Bye,
   Axel.

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