LIBPATH environment variable on AIX

My oracle user doesn't have this environment variable LIBPATH configured properly. I'm trying to change it but i can't find where it was set.
I've checked /etc/profile, /etc/environment, .profile and .env but it's not set anywhere.
Yet, when i type set as oracle, i see it set.
I've tried addint export LIBPATH=correctsetting but it's still not updated.
Has anyone seen this or has any ideas as to how i can set this environment variable? (environment is oracle 10g on AIX)
Thanks.

Mine is setup when the /var/opt/oracle/orarc102 is called.
The /var/opt/oracle/orarc102 is called within my .profile
Regards
Tim
When use say oracle user are you refering to the ORACLE account itself or another user account?
If you are refering to another oracle user then go through the .profile and the other . files and see what is called during login. You will eventually find where it is setup. Of course if you are refering to the ORACLE account then I don't know what to tell you.
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Normally in the .profile of the user arbor. However read the Configuration Guide for more details!Alexandru Draghici

X11 environment variables on MacBook Pro

Hi
I have just got my new MacBook Pro and have installed Gimp to run using x11 that came on the apple installation disks however I can't seem to get the xterm to configure correctly.
GIMP is installed under /sw/bin but the default PATH for x11 does not include this location so I added PATH=$PATH:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin to a newly created .bash_profile. But x11 did not seem to use this file although terminal worked OK.
After doing a bit of research, I then created a .bashrc file with the PATH defined and changed the .bash_profile to source .bashrc with no other entries.
Again this worked OK for Terminal but now when I type 'echo $Path' in an x11 xterm the PATH displays two entries for /sw/bin & /sw/sbin. i.e.
$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin:/sw/bin:/sw/sbin
Any ideas why? and how can I correct it?
Macbook Pro 17 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Sorry this was a bit brief; I think I was still asleep when I typed it.
The reasons are these:
1. Many fink programs require environment variables and other settings. When you source that init.sh file, it ensures everything is set up to work out of the box. (Among the things it does is to in turn source every relevant file in /sw/etc/profile.d -- take a look in it to see what, if anything, is in there). There is also some code to keep your path trimmed properly, so you don't get repeats pasted on.
2. Bash is unique in that either .bashrc or .bash_profile, but not both, get sourced. In a rooted X11 environment, everything works properly, but on OS X, where X11 is "rootless," it leads to unexpected behavior like what you saw. As long as you put everything into one file and then tell the other one to source its contents, you should be ok.
You can also run X11 stuff from Apple's terminal, provided you somewhere in a startup file have something to set the DISPLAY variable, usually to .0.
I've put more discussion of these things here

Error in setting environment variable

hi
Please note JKit is where my jdk1.3 is stored(i.e instead of jdk1.3 folder its JKit folder)... i have gone thru the similar threads but with no success.
SET
PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;D:\Jkit\bin;D:\Jkit\lib;D:\Oracle\bin;"C:\PROGRAMFILES\ORACLE\JRE\1.1.7\BIN";D:\JKit\Jre\Bin;
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1;
SET CLASSPATH=c:\JavaWebServer2.0\lib\servlet.jar;c:\JKit\lib;
SET CATALINA_HOME=D:\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29;
SET JAVA_HOME=D:\Jkit;
The error i get after running autoexec.bat and then tomcat/bin/startup is as follows..
The CATALINA_HOME environment variable is not defined
This environment variable is needed to run this program
please HELP!!.THANKS

Hi
Very many thanks for ur solution.. i actually hadset the environment variables spacce..but when i execute the autoexec.bat file i dont get any error(out of env space)..but when i run the startup.bat file i get from the command prompt, i get the foll error.
This is my Autoexec.bat
SET JAVA_HOME=D:\Jkit\bin
SET CATALINA_HOME=D:\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\bin
SET PATH=D:\Jkit\bin;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;
SET PATH=%PATH%;C:\PROGRA~1\COMMON~1\AUTODE~1;
THE FOLLOWING IS THE ERROR I GET WHEN I RUN STARTUP.BAT UNDER TOMCAT'S BIN UNDER THE COMMAND PROMPT
D:\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\bin>startup
Syntax error
Out of environment space
Out of environment space
Out of environment space
Using CATALINA_BASE: D:\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29
Using CATALINA_HOME: D:\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: D:\tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29\temp
Using JAVA_HOME: D:\Jkit
Out of environment space
Out of environment space
Invalid switch - -DJAVA.ENDORSED.DIRS=D:\TOMCAT\JAKARTA-TOMCAT-4.1.29\COMMON\ENDORSED
I even set JAVA_HOME AND CATALINE_HOME to the \bin dir respectively..
still i get the same error
As given under the tomcat installation documentation (RUNNING.txt), i set the space for environment space under the Memory tab, for startup and shutdown.bat files, it creates a shortcut for running the resp .bat files, running startup.bat file i get,CATALINA_HOME VAR HAS NOT BEEN SET PROPERLY, THIS OCCURS FOR BOTH TOP LEVEL DIR SETTING AND /bin DIR SETTING of CATALINE_HOME IN autoexec.bat
PLEASE HEL, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONFIGURE IT FOR THE PAST DAYS BUT WITH NO SUCCESS, DONT KNOW WHERE I AM GOING WRONG..PLEASE HELP

BKI0008E: The environment variable BI_CALLER is not set correctely. The cur

Hi All,
I have configured backint for backup of maxdb for content server 640. I configured it as per the documents available, created the configuration fiale and the parameter file. Created the backup medium in dbmgui.
Now when i try to run the backup using the pipe am getting the above mentioned error.
Please find below the dbm.ebp log for the same...
more dbm.ebp
2009-10-22 02:06:08
Setting environment variable 'TEMP' for the directory for temporary files and pi
pes to default ''.
Setting environment variable 'TMP' for the directory for temporary files and pip
es to default ''.
Using connection to Backint for MaxDB Interface.
2009-10-22 02:06:08
Checking existence and configuration of Backint for MaxDB.
    Using configuration variable 'BSI_ENV' = '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/apoatlas.env'
as path of the configuration file of Backint for MaxDB.
    Setting environment variable 'BSI_ENV' for the path of the configuration fil
e of Backint for MaxDB to configuration value '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/apoatlas.env'
    Reading the Backint for MaxDB configuration file '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/apoatl
as.env'.
        Found keyword 'BACKINT' with value '/sapdb/CFC/db/bin/backint'.
        Found keyword 'INPUT' with value '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.in'.
        Found keyword 'OUTPUT' with value '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.out'.
        Found keyword 'ERROROUTPUT' with value '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.err'.
        Found keyword 'PARAMETERFILE' with value '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/param.cfg'
        Found keyword 'TIMEOUT_SUCCESS' with value '1800'.
        Found keyword 'TIMEOUT_FAILURE' with value '1800'.
    Finished reading of the Backint for MaxDB configuration file.
    Using '/sapdb/CFC/db/bin/backint' as Backint for MaxDB program.
    Using '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.in' as input file for Backint for MaxDB.
    Using '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.out' as output file for Backint for MaxDB.
    Using '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.err' as error output file for Backint for MaxDB
    Using '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/param.cfg' as parameter file for Backint for MaxD
B.
    Using '1800' seconds as timeout for Backint for MaxDB in the case of success
    Using '1800' seconds as timeout for Backint for MaxDB in the case of failure
    Using '/sapdb/data/wrk/CFC/dbm.knl' as backup history of a database to migra
te.
    Using '/sapdb/data/wrk/CFC/dbm.ebf' as external backup history of a database
to migrate.
    Checking availability of backups using backint's inquire function.
Check passed successful.
2009-10-22 02:06:08
Checking medium.
Check passed successfully.
2009-10-22 02:06:08
Preparing backup.
    Setting environment variable 'BI_CALLER' to value 'DBMSRV'.
    Setting environment variable 'BI_REQUEST' to value 'NEW'.
    Setting environment variable 'BI_BACKUP' to value 'FULL'.
    Constructed Backint for MaxDB call '/sapdb/CFC/db/bin/backint -u CFC -f back
up -t file -p /sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/param.cfg -i /tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.in -c'.
    Created temporary file '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.out' as output for Backint for
MaxDB.
    Created temporary file '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.err' as error output for Backi
nt for MaxDB.
    Writing '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe1 #PIPE' to the input file.
    Writing '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe2 #PIPE' to the input file.
Prepare passed successfully.
2009-10-22 02:06:08
Creating pipes for data transfer.
    Creating pipe '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe1' ... Done.
    Creating pipe '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe2' ... Done.
All data transfer pipes have been created.
2009-10-22 02:06:08
Starting database action for the backup.
    Requesting 'SAVE DATA QUICK TO '/sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe1' PIPE,'/sapdb/CFC/
lcbackup/pipe2' PIPE BLOCKSIZE 8 NO CHECKPOINT MEDIANAME 'BACKINT_ONLINE1'' from
db-kernel.
The database is working on the request.
2009-10-22 02:06:09
Waiting until database has prepared the backup.
    Asking for state of database.
    2009-10-22 02:06:09 Database is still preparing the backup.
    Waiting 1 second ... Done.
    Asking for state of database.
    2009-10-22 02:06:10 Database is still preparing the backup.
    Waiting 2 seconds ... Done.
    Asking for state of database.
    2009-10-22 02:06:12 Database has finished preparation of the backup.
The database has prepared the backup successfully.
2009-10-22 02:06:12
Starting Backint for MaxDB.
    Starting Backint for MaxDB process '/sapdb/CFC/db/bin/backint -u CFC -f back
up -t file -p /sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/param.cfg -i /tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.in -c >>/tm
p/backint4sapdbCFC.out 2>>/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.err'.
    Process was started successfully.
Backint for MaxDB has been started successfully.
2009-10-22 02:06:12
Waiting for end of the backup operation.
    2009-10-22 02:06:12 The backup tool is running.
    2009-10-22 02:06:12 The database is working on the request.
    2009-10-22 02:06:14 The backup tool process has finished work with return co
de 2.
    2009-10-22 02:06:17 The database is working on the request.
    2009-10-22 02:06:27 The database is working on the request.
    2009-10-22 02:06:42 The database is working on the request.
    2009-10-22 02:07:02 The database is working on the request.
    2009-10-22 02:07:15 Canceling Utility-task after a timeout of 60 seconds ela
psed ... OK.
    2009-10-22 02:07:17 The database has finished work on the request.
    Receiving a reply from the database kernel.
    Got the following reply from db-kernel:
        SQL-Code              :-903
The backup operation has ended.
2009-10-22 02:07:17
Filling reply buffer.
    Have encountered error -24920:
        The backup tool failed with 2 as sum of exit codes. The database request
was canceled and ended with error -903.
    Constructed the following reply:
        ERR
        -24920,ERR_BACKUPOP: backup operation was unsuccessful
        The backup tool failed with 2 as sum of exit codes. The database request
was canceled and ended with error -903.
Reply buffer filled.
2009-10-22 02:07:17
Cleaning up.
    Removing data transfer pipes.
        Removing data transfer pipe /sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe2 ... Done.
        Removing data transfer pipe /sapdb/CFC/lcbackup/pipe1 ... Done.
    Removed data transfer pipes successfully.
    Copying output of Backint for MaxDB to this file.
Begin of output of Backint for MaxDB (/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.out)-
                                 Data Protection for mySAP(R)
                     Interface between BR*Tools and Tivoli Storage Manager
                     - Version 5, Release 4, Modification 0.0 for Linux x86_64
                           Build: 303 compiled on Nov 16 2006
                (c) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1996, 2006, All Rights Reserved.
        BKI0008E: The environment variable BI_CALLER is not set correctely. The
current value is "DBMSRV"
        usage:
         backint -p <par_file> [-u <user_id>] [-f <function>]
                [-t <type>] [-i <in_file>] [-o <out_file>] [-c]
        where:
               <user_id>    backint utility user
               <function>   backup | restore | inquire | password | delete
               <type>       file | file_online
               <par_file>   parameter file for backup utility
               <in_file>    name of a text file that defines the objects
                            default: STDIN
               <out_file>   Pool for processing messages and the results
                            of the executed function.
                            default: STOUT
        BKI0020I: End of program at: Thu 22 Oct 2009 02:06:14 AM EDT .
        BKI0021I: Elapsed time: 01 sec .
        BKI0024I: Return code is: 2.
End of output of Backint for MaxDB (/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.out)---
    Removed Backint for MaxDB's temporary output file '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.out
    Copying error output of Backint for MaxDB to this file.
Begin of error output of Backint for MaxDB (/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC
.err)----
End of error output of Backint for MaxDB (/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.e
rr)----
    Removed Backint for MaxDB's temporary error output file '/tmp/backint4sapdbC
FC.err'.
    Removed the Backint for MaxDB input file '/tmp/backint4sapdbCFC.in'.
Have finished clean up successfully.

Also, is there any specification about the user permissions and about how the backup should be run?

How do I use Embed with an environment variable in an Actionscript AIR project Flash Builder 4.7

I am using Flash Builder 4.7 to build an Actionscript AIR project. The project embeds a number of png files from my local directory and I have been using absolute paths which all works fine.
I have a laptop with which I want to start developing the same project - I set up a git repository that both the laptop and main pc can pull from and so I can get the source where I need it and push it back to the central repository.
My problem is that the absolute paths for the embed commands don't work on the laptop as it has a different filesystem setup (Windows 8 with one drive as opposed to Windows 7 with a SSD and a data drive). I thought the solution would be as easy as using an environment variable to specify the path which could then point to a different physical directory on both machines, i.e:
[Embed(source = "DEVELOPER_RESOURCES/graphics/are/here.png"]
I did a bit of research and there was quite a lot mentioned about setting up resource directories using path variables which I worked through but I just can't get it to compile. The Actionscript compiler just won't find the png files however I specify the path. I tried something with a FLEX project and the compiler didn't complain but I think this is because the compiler for FLEX uses a different convention.
[Embed(source ="/Project Name/DEVELOPER_RESOURCES/graphics/are/here.png"] works with FLEX but not Actionscript.
So does anyone have a recipe for using the Embed command referencing assets using an environment variable that works across multiple machines with different file structures?

I managed to find a solution on Windows which was to use symlinks and absolute paths. You an basically point one directory to another so I did something like:
mklink c:\developer_resources c:/the/local/path/to/my/resources
and then reference all resources as c:\developer_resources\...
Now as long as a developer machine has the right link (from c:\developer_resources to the place where the resources are kept) then it seems to work.
This doesn't however work for Mac and certainly isn't a solution for passing files between Mac and windows

LIBPATH environment variable on AIX

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