The environment variables set the default values of environment parameters. To display the current setting of environment variables, use the GET ENVIRONMENT command described in Displaying the settings of the environment variables.
In a Windows environment, the Text Extender environment variables are specified as system variables in the system properties page. They are added to your system settings during installation.
In an OS/2 environment, the Text Extender environment variables are added to the CONFIG.SYS file during installation.
In a UNIX environment, the Text Extender environment variables except DB2DBDFT are specified in the following profile shell scripts:
DB2TXCSHRC for the C shell
DB2TXPROFILE for the Korn shell and the Bourne shell.
Copy one of these files from $DB2TXINSTOWNERHOMEDIR/DB2TX to your home directory, and then customize it to suit your requirements. Add it to your own profile so that the database environment is established automatically during login.
You also need the following environment variables:
If you are the instance owner, these environment variables are set automatically for you when the instance is created. If you are not the instance owner, include the DB2TX profile from the instance owner, rather than trying to set these environment variables manually.