Ticket #3604: aboutlfs.xml

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4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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8<sect1 id="ch-partitioning-aboutlfs">
9 <?dbhtml filename="aboutlfs.html"?>
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11 <title>Setting The $LFS Variable</title>
12
13 <para>Throughout this book, the environment variable <envar>LFS</envar> will
14 be used several times. You should ensure that this variable is always defined
15 throughout the LFS build process. It should be set to the name of the
16 directory where you will be building your LFS system - we will use
17 <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> as an example, but the
18 directory choice is up to you. If you are building LFS on a separate
19 partition, this directory will be the mount point for the partition.
20 Choose a directory location and set the variable with the
21 following command:</para>
22
23<screen role="nodump"><userinput>export LFS=<replaceable>&lt;/mnt/lfs&gt;</replaceable></userinput></screen>
24
25 <para>Having this variable set is beneficial in that commands such as
26 <command>mkdir -v $LFS/tools</command> can be typed literally. The shell
27 will automatically replace <quote>$LFS</quote> with
28 <quote>/mnt/lfs</quote> (or whatever the variable was set to) when it
29 processes the command line.</para>
30
31 <para>Do not forget to check that <envar>$LFS</envar> is set whenever
32 you leave and reenter the current working environment (such as when doing a
33 <command>su</command> to <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> or
34 another user). Check that the <envar>LFS</envar> variable is set up
35 properly with:</para>
36
37<screen role="nodump"><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen>
38
39 <para>Make sure the output shows the path to your LFS system's build
40 location, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if the
41 provided example was followed. If the output is incorrect, use the command
42 given earlier on this page to set <envar>$LFS</envar> to the correct
43 directory name.</para>
44
45</sect1>