Environment Variables#
- hconfig: for listing houdini config and environment variables
- -a: dump all the environment vars
- -ap: dump all the seach paths
- hgpuinfo: dump GPU info
- -c/-l: dump OpenCL info for active/all devices
- -g: dump OpenGL info
- -o: dump OptiX info
- Special characters:
- ”@” => expands to directories in HOUDINI_PATH.
if the HOUDINI_PATH is
$HIP$HFS/houdini $HOME/houdini
then the value"@/vex"
would expand to$HIP/vex $HFS/houdini/vex$HOME/houdini/vex
- = => Equiv to
$HIP
- & => default path for given envar
- ^ => For VEX-related variables, expands to the shader type
For example, if
HOUDINI_VEX_PATH="$HOME/vex/^"
, when loading Surface shaders it will expand to"$HOME/vex/Surface"
Last update: November 14, 2019