# Atom writes an envir file each time it runs

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-writes-an-envir-file-each-time-it-runs/49167>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [October 28, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-writes-an-envir-file-each-time-it-runs/49167 "2020-10-28T09:29:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 9:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/atom-writes-an-envir-file-each-time-it-runs/49167/1 "2020-10-28T09:29:05Z")

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Hello,  
I am running Atom 1.52.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 with Julia 1.4.1. Now Atom started writing a file `~/ATOM_DISABLE_SHELLING_OUT_FOR_ENVIRONMENT=false` (which is empty).  
What is it and how can I remove it? Shall I add this environmental variable in .bashrc?  
thank you