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Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

4285.0. "problem launching Probewatch 3.3" by SPANKY::THOMPSON () Mon Mar 17 1997 13:15

    
    
    
    
    I've just installed Probewatch for OSF AXP v3.3 (PRBWTCH332) on D-UNIX
    3.2C. The IVP ran succesfully.  I've added the following from
    /usr/kits/PROBEwatch/.netscout
    to /.cshrc 
    setenv NSHOME/usr/kits/PROBEwatch
    setenv HHHOME /usr/kits/PROBEwatch/help
    setenv XUSERFILESEARCHPATH $NSHOME/X/%N
    setenv XLIBI18N_PATH $NSHOME/X
    setenv MANPATH $NSHOME/man
    
    I've added the following line to /.profile
     /usr/kits/PROBEwatch/.netscout
    
    but when i type /usr/kits/PROBEwatch/bin/nsman &
    
    i get Environment variable NSHOME is not set!
    
    can someone tell me what i'm missing.
    
    thanks
    brian
    
    
    
    
    
    
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4285.1csh or sh ?ZOTTO::ENYAYoshiharu Enya, Tokyo JapanWed Mar 19 1997 00:5355
Hi Brian.

At first, type "echo $SHELL" to see which shell you are using.

In case you use csh,
PROBEwatch provides script "/usr/kits/PROBEwatch/.netscout"
for csh users, so you just insert one line into ~/.cshrc like below.

source /usr/kits/PROBEwatch/.netscout

In case sh(b-shell),
you must make b-shell script like this.
(or insert all lines to .profile)

-
NSHOME=/usr/kits/PROBEwatch
HHHOME=/usr/kits/PROBEwatch/help
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=$NSHOME/X/%N
XLIBI18N_PATH=$NSHOME/X
MANPATH=$NSHOME/man
export NSHOME HHHOME XUSERFILESEARCHPATH XLIBI18N_PATH MANPATH
-

and you insert one line into $HOME/.profile.

. /usr/kits/PROBEwatch/.netscout_script_for_bsh_that_you_made


Normally, you have already MANPATH environment value
that point to /usr/share/man or /usr/local/man ... and so on.
"setenv MANPATH $NSHOME/man" or "MANPATH=$NSHOME/man" cause that
you can only see mans about PROBEwatch.
So you should change script to inherit MANPATH value,

(csh) setenv MANPATH ${MANPATH}:${NSHOME}/man
or 
(bsh) MANPATH=$MANPATH:$NSHOME/man


I heared before that
in some cases, setting XUSERFILESEARCHPATH or XLIBI18N_PATH value
may have side effects to another X Window System applications.
In this case, you should make script to run "nsman".

-
XUSERFILESEARCHPATH=$NSHOME/X/%N
XLIBI18N_PATH=$NSHOME/X
export XUSERFILESEARCHPATH XLIBI18N_PATH
$NSHOME/bin/nsman
-


--
Yoshiharu Enya
4285.2all set nowSPANKY::THOMPSONThu Mar 20 1997 11:455
    Thanks Yoshiharu for your help. I put the correct commands in .profile
    and everything  works fine.
    
    thanks
    brian