Linux environment variables are set at the Linux operating system level. These are in effect before, during, and after Actian X is invoked. II_SYSTEM, PATH, and TERM are the only Linux environment variables required and used directly by Actian X. These environment variables are set in each user’s environment using the following Linux commands entered at the operating system prompt:

The environmental variables are typically set in a user’s .login or .profile file, but can also be set in operating system startup scripts such as /etc/login.