Thank you all gentlemen, I have a much better understanding of the process now and will endevor to go fix it so my .bash_profile and .bashrc are properly executed upon login vs sticking them in /etc/profile
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 11:10 PM, Simon Geard <delga...@ihug.co.nz> wrote: > 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 >
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