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40 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="prepare-aboutlfs">
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<?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html"?>
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<title>About $LFS</title>
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<para>Throughout this book, the environment variable <envar>LFS</envar> will
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be used. It is paramount that this variable is always defined.
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It should be set to the mount point chosen for the LFS partition.
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Check that the <envar>LFS</envar> variable is set up properly with:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen>
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<para>Make sure the output shows the path to the LFS partition's mount
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point, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if the
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provided example was followed. If the output is incorrect, the
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variable can be set with:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen>
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<para>Having this variable set is beneficial in that commands such as
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<command>mkdir $LFS/tools</command> can be typed literally. The shell
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will automatically replace <quote>$LFS</quote> with
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<quote>/mnt/lfs</quote> (or whatever the variable was set to) when it
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processes the command line.</para>
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<para>Do not forget to check that <envar>$LFS</envar> is set whenever
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you leave and reenter the current working environment (as when doing a
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<command>su</command> to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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or another user).</para>
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</sect1>
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