> 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:
You've gotten the best advice, about login vs subshells. Don't forget one of the most basic things--you've got to export them! Once or twice when I've been in a rush and thinking of other things I've forgotten, and it's taken me even longer to diagnose. ;-) -- Paul Rogers paulgrog...@fastmail.fm http://www.xprt.net/~pgrogers/ Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page