source: final-preps/aboutlfs.xml@ 75739bf

Last change on this file since 75739bf was d1a3111, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r3840@server (orig r1732): chris | 2006-06-05 22:54:28 -0700
Added -v switches to many more commands

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[bf8c11f]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-final-preps-aboutlfs">
9 <?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html"?>
10
11 <title>About $LFS</title>
12
13 <para>Throughout this book, the environment variable <envar>LFS</envar> will
14 be used several times. It is paramount that this variable is always defined.
[8ca6da6]15 It should be set to the mount point chosen for the CLFS partition.
[bf8c11f]16 Check that the <envar>LFS</envar> variable is set up properly with:</para>
17
18<screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen>
19
[8ca6da6]20 <para>Make sure the output shows the path to the CLFS partition's mount
[bf8c11f]21 point, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if the
22 provided example was followed. If the output is incorrect, the
23 variable can be set with:</para>
24
25<screen><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen>
26
27 <para>Having this variable set is beneficial in that commands such as
[d1a3111]28 <command>install -dv $LFS/tools</command> can be typed literally. The shell
[bf8c11f]29 will automatically replace <quote>$LFS</quote> with
30 <quote>/mnt/lfs</quote> (or whatever the variable was set to) when it
31 processes the command line.</para>
32
[ed3e5d8]33 <para>If you haven't created the <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename>
[bf8c11f]34 directory, do so at this time by issuing the following commands:</para>
35
[987edf2b]36<screen><userinput>install -dv $LFS</userinput></screen>
[bf8c11f]37
38 <para>Do not forget to check that <envar>$LFS</envar> is set whenever
39 you leave and reenter the current working environment (as when doing a
40 <quote>su</quote> to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or
41 another user).</para>
42
43</sect1>
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