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Where is CLEARCASE_ROOT defined?

My OS is Windows NT. I run clearmake with GNU compatibility. We recursively build our libraries and applications. I have the following question from our top level makefile:

# VOB_ROOT
#
VOB_ROOT = $(CLEARCASE_ROOT)

Where is CLEARCASE_ROOT defined? what's it's value. Our top level makefile refers to CLEARCASE_ROOT but where is it defined?

peakpeak

Tried SET in a command window?

jkr

On NT/W2k/Xp et. al. you should find that in the registry under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment

Alternatively, you can set/change that using "My Computer|Properties|Advanced|Environment Variables"

jkr

BTW, using "set" is restricted to the current console window where the command is executed, so its use is limited.

naseeam

ASKER

It's not in the above registry nor it shows up by typing set in a command window.

jkr

Then set it there. These environment variables are passed to any process that is created, so you will get that stuff working by providing the correct value.

naseeam

ASKER

My stuff is working for a long time. I never had to set CLEARCASE_ROOT to my environment.
Is this generated when clearmake is run?

jkr

When 'clearmake' sets that environment variable for the processes it launches, this will work also.

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ASKER

I don't follow the followig. Please explain again. Thanks.

When 'clearmake' sets that environment variable for the processes it launches, this will work also.

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