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====== Sfinx Envcap database ======

**Location**: $OSdir/local/envcap and ~/.envcap\\
The standard Sfinx ''.cshrc'' or ''.bashrc'' will (among other things) read the system settings, which will set all necessary environment variables from the **envcap** database. The system copy is stored in ''$OSdir/local/envcap'', and these definitions are augmented/superceeded by those in the user's ''.envcap'' file (if it exists).
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The format of those files is:
  variable:hosts:values
where variable is the name of the variable to set, host is a list of hosts or host-types for which this variable should be set and value is the value.

===== Hosts =====
As mentioned above, the 2nd field on the line can be a mixture of host names (without domain name), domains or machine types. Names are separated by spaces. Individual computer names should be marked with a _ (underscore) before or after the name. If a name contains dots, it is assumed to be a domain name. Everything else is considered an operating system type

==== Examples ====
Different variables or values:
  ENSCRIPT:Solaris:-fCourier8
  NENSCRIPT:Linux:-fCourier8
This sets the font for both enscript and nenscript on the systems were the respective programs are available.

==== Modify system defaults ====

  PATH:Sun Solaris:$PATH\:$SOFTWARE/bin:$SOFTWARE/$SFINX_MACHINE/bin:./bin
  TAPE:vecht:/dev/nrst17

This adds $SOFTWARE directories to the path on both versions of the SUN operating system. And on vecht, it selects a device as your default tape device.

===== Notes: =====
Be careful with quotes and colons in the value of the variable. Colons should be preceded by a backslash (\:)

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