On Sat, 2013-02-16 at 08:20 -0800, Alan wrote: > I have had some trouble for a long time with exporting some > environmental variables from my .bash_profile or the .bashrc > > > Even if I manually execute those files, the variables still are not > set. I have a echo 'path set' in files and I do see that when I do a: > > > user@boxname:~$ ./.bashrc > path set
You're not supposed to execute them as if they were programs. All that does is start a new process with the environment specified in the .bashrc file - it won't change the environment in the current shell you're running. To do that run ". .bashrc" (or "source .bashrc) instead, which tells the current shell to import the contents, not to run it. Simon. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
