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commit f60db2e566110e045b7bf22885514623d40735f8
Author:     Gyan Doshi <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Sun Nov 16 10:24:38 2025 +0530
Commit:     Gyan Doshi <[email protected]>
CommitDate: Tue Nov 18 04:19:06 2025 +0000

    doc/fate: document setting of session-wide env variables

diff --git a/doc/fate.texi b/doc/fate.texi
index 57268d44b4..12c884047c 100644
--- a/doc/fate.texi
+++ b/doc/fate.texi
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ make fate
 See @ref{makefile variables} for a list of arguments that can be added.
 
 If you did not set the samples path during configuration, or if you wish to
-override it just before starting FATE, you can do so in one of two ways.
+override it just before starting FATE, you can do so in one of three ways.
 
 Either by setting a make variable:
 
@@ -74,7 +74,15 @@ make fate-rsync SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite
 make fate       SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite
 @end example
 
-or by prepending an environment variable:
+or by setting an environment variable for the current session:
+
+@example
+export FATE_SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite
+make fate-rsync
+make fate
+@end example
+
+or in isolation for a single command by prepending it:
 
 @example
 FATE_SAMPLES=/path/to/fate-suite make fate-rsync

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Summary of changes:
 doc/fate.texi | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


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