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PL/I for Windows, Version 8.0, Programming Guide

Using the ILIB environment variable

You can use the ILIB environment variable to specify any default ILIB options. When the ilib command is invoked, the environment variable will be parsed before the command line.

Use the SET command to give value to the ILIB environment variable. You can do this in the following ways:

Command line

When the SET command is used on the command line, the values you specify are in effect for only that session. They override values previously specified.

You can append the original value of the variable using %variable%. The following example would cause the ILIB environment variable to be set to the original value of the ILIB environment variable, with the /NOFREEFORMAT option specified ahead of any existing options.

    SET ILIB=/FREEFORMAT %ILIB%

Windows control panel

Windows allows you to update environment variables and have them take effect immediately (that is, no reboot required) using the Windows Control Panel.

To set the ILIB environment variable:


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