Re: [Gumstix-users] export auto

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

HI Demetris,

> if i want NOT to enter each time these commands how do i load them
> automaticly?
>
> export TSLIB_CONFFILE=/etc/ts.conf
> export TSLIB_PLUGINDIR=/usr/lib
> export TSLIB_CONSOLEDEVICE=/dev/tty
> export TSLIB_FBDEVICE=/dev/fb0
> export TSLIB_TSDEVICE=/dev/input/event0
>
> i tried to enter them into a shell script but they don't work.

There is a subtle difference between executing a script and sourcing a
script. Executing a script essentially causes a sub-shell to run. The
subshell happily modifies its environment and then exits, throwing all
of the changes away.

You have a couple of options:

1 - Put the commands into a file and then use the source command
(which is a single period)

. ./Somefile

Sourced files are executed in the context of the currently running
shell, as opposed to launching a sub-shell.

2 - Create a .profile file in the /root directory and put the commands
in there. The .profile file will be executed by the shell when you
login.

-- 
Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/