C.H. Close wrote: >Hi > > I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some >additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. > >The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statement as >well as some extra environment variables typically the file contains >statements as follows. > > > PATH=$VARKON_ROOT/bin:$PATH > export PATH > >In previous versions of UNIX I have used making the script file >executable and running it resulted in the PATH (in this case) having the >additional directory appended to it, this also worked for new >environment variables. When I do the same thing in Linux in a Konsole >terminal under KDE the environment does not change. As far as I can >glean from reading the man page for Bash this should work. If I run the >commands from the prompt everything works fine but of course this is >tedious and should not be necessary. > >Can anyone guide me as what I am doing wrong? > > >Colin Close >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Ummm
you can unset DISPLAY in a terminal window and still use the GUI on the main screen. This is not accidental. If you want to change the PATH for a user, then put the path in ~/.bashrc or ~/.bashprofile, or source (the file where your PATH is set) inside scripts that need it. Then the default is there for the user at login, else the changes to environment have a window as their scope (how else could it be and multitask properly?). Civileme
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