Set an environment variable containing space in MacOS Maverick

Asked May 04 '15 at 16:46

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I try to set a permanent environment variable in MacOS 10.9.5 editing the following file:

/etc/launchd.conf

Here is the file content:

setenv VAR1 "testwithoutspace"
setenv VAR2 "test with space"

After reboot, the VAR1 is set but not the VAR2. I can reproduce this problem by using the following command mentioned in the launchd.conf comment:

grep -E "^setenv" /etc/launchd.conf | xargs

If I perform the command directly it works:

launchctl setenv VAR2 "test with space"

What is happening?

asked May 04 '15 at 16:46

Martin Delille

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see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2519292/setenv-variable-with-spaces-in-launchd-conf ? – farialima May 04 '15 at 17:06
Did try with back slash? – Thomas Ayoub May 04 '15 at 22:22
@Thomas Yes without success. – Martin Delille May 05 '15 at 09:49
I created a bug #20815988 on https://bugreport.apple.com/ – Martin Delille May 05 '15 at 11:09
@farialima It is not a very nice solution but it worked :-) – Martin Delille May 05 '15 at 15:10

Set an environment variable containing space in MacOS Maverick

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