Setting environment variables for the browser

The Help browser does not run unless the LANG, PATH, and PATROL_BROWSER environment variables are set properly. The following sections describe these variables.

LANG variable

 You must set the UNIX LANG environment variable to C for Netscape Navigator to work properly. Otherwise, you could experience product failures.

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.

 PATROL_BROWSER variable

When BMC PATROL starts the Help browser, it uses the command in the PATROL_BROWSER environment variable. By default, the PATROL_BROWSER environment variable contains the following command:

To use different arguments, set the value of PATROL_BROWSER to the appropriate string.

Example

For Korn shell: export PATROL_BROWSER=/usr/local/bin/netscape -raise

 

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