SETENV Procedure (UNIX/Windows)

Adds or changes an environment string in the process environment.

SETENV, environment_expr

environment_expr A scalar string containing an environment expression to be added to the environment.

None.

SETENV, 'SHELL=/bin/sh'

To change the HOMEPATH environment variable to point to the directory D:\users\chris\utah_data:

r = GETENV('HOMEPATH')
PRINT, r

D:\users\chris

SETENV, 'HOMEPATH=D:\users\chris\utah_data'
r = GETENV('HOMEPATH')
PRINT, r

D:\users\chris\utah_data

ENVIRONMENT, GETENV