Thanks for the quick reply. I added the line to my .bashrc file then from the command did source ~/.bashrc
I will try with quotes when i get home. On Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 9:08 AM Vladimir Lomov, <lomov...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Hello, > ** Yves Cloutier <yves.clout...@gmail.com> [2020-02-18 08:49:37 -0500]: > > > Hello, > > > I'm on linux and trying to add my fonts directories using > > > export OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts/;$HOME/.fonts > > > however when I do, I get the following message: > > > bash: /home/drifter/.fonts: Is a directory > > > I'm not what I'm doing wrong or why it's not liking this. Any pointers > > would be appreciated. > > Use double quotes: > export OSFONTDIR="/usr/share/fonts/;$HOME/.fonts" > > P.S. You may be interested to read bash scripting guide, but in short the > semicolon is used in shell (bash, zsh) to separate two or more commands in > a > row, so your line was interpreted by a shell (I assume that it is bash) > like > 1 command: export OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts > 2 command: $HOME/.fonts > so indeed the $HOME/.fonts is a directory. > > --- > WBR, Vladimir Lomov > > -- > If all else fails, lower your standards. > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://context.aanhet.net > archive : https://bitbucket.org/phg/context-mirror/commits/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ >
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