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Gforth uses these environment variables:
GFORTHHIST
- (Unix systems only) specifies the directory in which to
open/create the history file, .gforth-history
. Default:
$HOME
.
GFORTHPATH
- specifies the path used when searching for the gforth image file and
for Forth source-code files.
GFORTH
- used by gforthmi
, See gforthmi.
GFORTHD
- used by gforthmi
, See gforthmi.
TMP
, TEMP
- (non-Unix systems only) used as a potential
location for the history file.
All the Gforth environment variables default to sensible values if they are not set.