Vector environment variables that are defined at the Vector system or installation-wide level affect all users in an installation. These are usually defined during the install procedure. However, the system administrator can reset some manually.

To view all installation-wide environment variables from the command line, enter the following command at the operating system prompt:

To manually register or to remove an environment variable from the symbol table, use the ingsetenv and ingunset commands. Never edit the symbol table file directly.

For example, to change the value of II_DECIMAL (character used to separate fractional and non-fractional parts of a number) from a period to a comma, issue this command:

A similar set of system administrator commands are available to set, print, and unset installation-wide Vector environment variables simultaneously for all clients of a server installation. These commands are ingsetall, ingprall, and ingunsetall.

Some Vector environment variables can be set or reset by individual users in their local environment using operating system commands. Those set in a user’s local environment supersede the Vector environment variables set system-wide.

Linux: A good place to set user-defined environment variables is the user’s .bashrc or profile file.

Use the command appropriate to your environment.

For example, an environment variable typically set in the user’s local environment is TERM_INGRES. It specifies the termcap definition to be used by the forms system. It can be redefined locally by entering commands at the operating system prompt:

Enter the following command at the operating system prompt:

In general, only the following Vector environment variables must be set in your local environment:

The following Vector environment variables can be reset by users in their local operating system shell:

The following Vector environment variables must not be reset by users:

Linux: These environment variables must not be visible using the env or printenv command.