# Db command LOTUS\_ENV=test lotus db prepare causes error

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**Category:** issues\
**Created:** [July 22, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/db-command-lotus-env-test-lotus-db-prepare-causes-error/114 "2015-07-22T06:51:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sebastjan\_hribar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/sebastjan_hribar/32/323_2.png) [@sebastjan\_hribar](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/sebastjan_hribar)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 6:51am UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/db-command-lotus-env-test-lotus-db-prepare-causes-error/114/1 "2015-07-22T06:51:16Z")

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Hi,

when using command LOTUS\_ENV=test lotus db prepare from the getting started guide I get this error:

‘LOTUS\_ENV’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,  
operable program or batch file.

I’m running the command from the root folder of the bookshelf app and using the sqlite3 adapter.

regards,  
Seba

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**Author:** ![sebastjan\_hribar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/sebastjan_hribar/32/323_2.png) [@sebastjan\_hribar](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/sebastjan_hribar)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/db-command-lotus-env-test-lotus-db-prepare-causes-error/114/2 "2015-07-22T07:59:20Z")

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thanks to help in the chat this worked: set LOTUS\_ENV=test && lotus db prepare  
regards,  
seba

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**Author:** ![trung\_le](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.hanakai.org/trung_le/32/4_2.png) [@trung\_le](https://discourse.hanakai.org/u/trung_le)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.hanakai.org/t/db-command-lotus-env-test-lotus-db-prepare-causes-error/114/3 "2015-07-26T14:52:07Z")

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