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How to find out which env file is being used?

thewill2live

Hey guys,

 

I edited my scriptpath in the global ENV file (located in the CDSROOT/share/pcb/text/ directory) as well as the local ENV file (located in the  CDSROOT/pcbenv/ directory) both to have a new entry for the scriptpath. Yet after loading up Allegro and clicking on Tools>Utilities>Env Variables it still shows that my scriptpath is set to some other directory (that is not listed in either of the two aformentioned ENV files).

 So my question is, is there some way to find out which ENV file is getting loaded by Allegro (besides manually looking up any and all ENV files in the directory)? This specific computer I'm talking about does have older versions of Allegro also installed on it, is it possible that it defaults to the oldest version's global ENV?

 

Thanks for any help you can give me. 

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  • oldmouldy

    It's preferable to use Setup>User Preferences to set the User Preferences controlled by the Preference Editor, rather than edit the User Preferences section of the "env" file. The "env" file in the installation is especially NOT for user editing, the contents of this "env" file may be overwritten by Cadence product updates. Look at Tools>Utilities>Env Variables to see the "envpath" variable value, this lists the user(s) "env" paths and then the "installation" one.

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  • oldmouldy

    It's preferable to use Setup>User Preferences to set the User Preferences controlled by the Preference Editor, rather than edit the User Preferences section of the "env" file. The "env" file in the installation is especially NOT for user editing, the contents of this "env" file may be overwritten by Cadence product updates. Look at Tools>Utilities>Env Variables to see the "envpath" variable value, this lists the user(s) "env" paths and then the "installation" one.

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