IDL Reference Guide: Procedures and Functions

SETENV

The SETENV procedure adds or changes an environment string in the process environment.

Syntax

SETENV, Environment_Expression

Arguments

Environment_Expression

A scalar string or string array containing one or more environment expressions to be added to the environment.

Keywords

None.

Examples

Change the current shell variable by entering:

SETENV,'SHELL=/bin/sh'  

Make sure to eliminate any whitespace around the equal sign:

; This is an incorrect usage--there are spaces around the equal   
; sign:  
SETENV, 'VAR = H:\itt'  
  
; This is correct--VAR is set to H:\itt:  
SETENV, 'VAR=H:\itt'