Solaris: setroot flattening CLASSPATH Env Var

[Chris Bagley]

Hi all, Hope this question is in the right board.

I have an issue where running ‘setroot’ is overwriting the CLASSPATH environment variable.

I have a ‘.login.local.start’ file created which contains:

Code:

setenv CLASSPATH .:/export/quovadx/qdx5.6/integrator/java_libs/CacheDB.jar

This works. I can log on and ‘env’ shows the variable has been set. Alas when I run ‘setroot’, CLASSPATH is set to:

Code:

.:/export/quovadx/qdx5.6/integrator/prd/java_uccs:/export/quovadx/qdx5.6/integrator/clgui/lib/cljava.jar:/export/quovadx/qdx5.6/integrator/java_uccs:.

I’ve had a look in $HCIROOT/bin/hcisetenv and have seen this:

Code:

$ENV{’CLASSPATH’} = &cleanPath( $ENV{’CLASSPATH’}, $pathSepChar, $pathSepChar, @pttnPath );

Which looks like it should maintain the original value.

Anyone got any idea to why this is happening?

Cheers

Bagley

Topic

[Russ Ross]

In the older days before the master site I would modfy the hcisetenv script like you might be considering.

I did this to create my own master site long before the concept evolved in cloverleaf.

I never really liked the idea of modifying hcisetenv but the benifits of a master site made it worth doing.

I wrote and used the following function when changing sites back then which is probably similar to what you are doing now.

Code:

function set522 {
   setroot -clear
   setroot /quovadx/qdx5.2/integrator $1
   showroot
}

I learned over time like you are learning this results in undesirable baggage and then one day “light bulb!”.

If the login process gives me what I want, can I just run the login process and all the undesired baggage might no longer be hanging around.

It seemed to have the desired outcome from what I can tell thus far.

So these days here is what my change site function looks like

Code:

function set56 {
   export ROOT=”/quovadx/qdx5.6/integrator”
   export SITE=$1
   currentDir=`pwd`
   cd $HOME
   . ~/.profile
   cd $currentDir
}

Just for the record here is the setroot function that comes with cloverleaf 5.6 and can be seen in AIX by typing the word functions at the command prompt

Code:

function setroot
{
   eval `${CL_INSTALL_DIR}/integrator/sbin/hcisetenv -root ksh $*`
}

since setroot is located in the directory

    /quovadx/qdx5.6/integrator/kshlib

defined by the $FPATH environment variable you will have a hard time finding it by trying to do

    which setroot

so hopefully that will help others from struggling to figure out the mystery.

Russ Ross
RussRoss318@gmail.com

[Chris Bagley]

Hi Russ,

Thankyou for the very extensive answer. Sorry I haven’t replied sooner, work has had me on other jobs :).

I’ve got to admit I’m new in the Solaris world (and the Cloverleaf one for that matter) so some of your answer went over my head a little but I will have a dig and see what I can do.

Thanks again.

Bagley

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