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--- technote:setting_environmental_variables [2019/03/28 00:45] – [TapeTrack Config File] Scott Cunliffe
+++ technote:setting_environmental_variables [2025/01/21 22:07] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Setting Environmental Variables ======
-The default behaviour of TapeTrack programs can be changed by setting environmental variables.
+The default behavior of TapeTrack programs can be changed by setting [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]].
-These variables can be set using the following methods.
+These [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] can be set using the following methods.
 ===== Windows Command Line =====
-<sxh plain;>
+<code text;>
 set VARIABLE=VALUE
-</sxh>
+</code>
+Where ''VARIABLE'' is the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] name, and ''VALUE'' is the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] value.
+===== Windows PowerShell =====
+To set an [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] in ''Windows PowerShell'', use the ''$env:'' command.
+<code>
+$env:TMSSREPORTFORMAT = "CSV"
+</code>
+Where ''TMSSREPORTFORMAT'' is the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] name, and ''CSV'' is the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] value.
+<note important>
+Using a Windows PowerShell variable $TMSSREPORTFORMAT = "CSV" will not be interpreted as a Windows variable and, as such,  will not be applied to the executable or output.</note>
-Where VARIABLE is the variable name, and VALUE is the variable value.
 ===== Linux Shell =====
-To set an environmental variable in the Linux operating system, use the ''export'' command.
+To set an [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] in the Linux operating system, use the ''export'' command.
-<sxh plain;>
+<code plain;>
 export VARIABLE=VALUE
-</sxh>
+</code>
-Where VARIABLE is the variable name, and VALUE is the variable value.
+Where VARIABLE is the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] name, and VALUE is the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] value.
-You can also prepend the variable to the command.
+You can also prepend the [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]] to the command.
-<sxh plain;>
+<code plain;>
 TMSSREPORTFORMAT=CSV TMSS10Inventory
-</sxh>
+</code>
 ===== TapeTrack Config File =====
-The TapeTrack Config File that is loaded when each [[:start#tapetrack-desktop-software|Desktop]] and [[cli:introduction|Command Line Program]] is initiated, it can also be used to set [[variable:start|environmental variable]].
+The TapeTrack Config File that is loaded when each [[:start#tapetrack-desktop-software|Desktop]] and [[cli:introduction|Command Line Program]] is initiated, it can also be used to set [[variable:start|Environmental Variable]].
-<sxh plain;>
+<code plain;>
    variables = {
        TMSSLEVELNAMES = "A,B,C";
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    };
-</sxh>
+</code>
+{{tag>technote environmental_variables setting variables config tapemaster lite checkpoint linux}}