Setting the environment variables for the browser

For the Help browser to run properly, you must have the UNIX LANG, PATH, and PATROL_BROWSER environment variables set properly. The following sections describe these variables.

LANG variable

The UNIX LANG environment variable must be set to C so that Netscape Navigator will work properly. Otherwise, you might experience product failures.
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PATH variable

The PATROL user account PATH variable must contain the location of the directory containing the Netscape files. If the directory containing the Netscape files is not in the path, add the directory to the PATROL user account path.

This requirement applies only to the PATROL user account on the PATROL console computer.
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PATROL_BROWSER variable

When PATROL starts the Help browser, it uses the command in the PATROL_BROWSER environment variable. As a default, the PATROL_BROWSER environment variable contains the following command:
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To use different arguments, set the value of PATROL_BROWSER to the appropriate string.