ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE sets an environment variable. Often application software requires certain configuration variables to be available as environment variables.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE is a Child to an ENVIRONMENT.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE
Essential Parameters:
Name:	Environment variable name.
Value:	Value of environment variable.

A common use of ENVIRONMENT is to add the directory containing a software executable file to the existing 'Path' environment variable on the computer. On Windows, the syntax for adding a directory path to the Path environment variable is as follows:

• %path%; C:\newpath

Where the new directory path 'C:\newpath' will be appended to the current Path.