Environment Variables

This page describes the environment variables of your operating system/shell that Synchronet may use.

Paths in the environment variable values may or may not end with a path delimiter (e.g. / or \).

The SBBSCTRL environment variable should be set to the path of your Synchronet dir/ctrl directory, especially if Synchronet is not installed in the default installation location (e.g. /sbbs/ctrl).

The SBBSEXEC environment variable may be set to the path of your Synchronet dir/exec directory. This may be needed for some development situations.

The SBBSNODE environment variable should NOT be set. This variable is set dynamically¹⁾, by Synchronet, for the use of external online programs (e.g. doors).

For Microsoft Windows NT-based operating systems (this includes Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7), goto the Windows Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables->System Variables->New... and set

• Variable name: SBBSCTRL
• Variable value: c:\sbbs\ctrl

(replace c:\sbbs\ctrl with the full path to your dir/ctrl directory)

For Mirosoft Windows 9x-based operating systems, edit your C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT file and add the line:

  SET SBBSCTRL=c:\sbbs\ctrl

(replace c:\sbbs\ctrl with the full path to your dir/ctrl directory)

For Unix bash/sh: In the home directory of the user the BBS will be running as, edit the file named either .profile or .bash_profile depending on if you're running bash or sh and add the line:

  SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl && export SBBSCTRL

(replace /sbbs/ctrl with the full path to your dir/ctrl directory)

For Unix csh/tcsh: Again, in the home directory of the user the BBS will be running as, in the file named .tcshrc (for tcsh) or .cshrc (for csh) add the line:

  setenv SBBSCTRL /sbbs/ctrl

(replace /sbbs/ctrl with the full path to your dir/ctrl directory)