Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?
On (12/05/06 11:13), Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi. I do: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games , then $ export PATH=$PATH:/sbin $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin and everything all right; but the effect of `export PATH' is not permanent: after a while, or in another terminal, again: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games . How to make the effect of `export PATH' permanent, and why is it not? Check out .bashrc and .bash_profile in your home directory. See man bash Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 11:13:15AM +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi. I do: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games , then $ export PATH=$PATH:/sbin $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin and everything all right; but the effect of `export PATH' is not permanent: after a while, or in another terminal, again: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games . How to make the effect of `export PATH' permanent, and why is it not? You are making a change to the shell's environment which will effect all of its subsequent descendants, but not processes started either before the change or by ancestors (such as your window manager..) - and certainly not for a different login session. To make it permanent and apply to all of your shells, you need to modify the command files that are executed when you login or when each new shell starts. Check the man page appropriate for your chosen shell for details. Regards, DigbyT -- Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.com http://www.digbyt.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?
On 2006-05-12, Rodolfo Medina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: $ export PATH=$PATH:/sbin $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin and everything all right; but the effect of `export PATH' is not permanent: after a while, or in another terminal, again: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games . How to make the effect of `export PATH' permanent, and why is it not? Put export PATH=$PATH:/sbin in your ~/.bashrc file. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?
On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 11:13 +0200, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Hi. I do: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games , then $ export PATH=$PATH:/sbin $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin and everything all right; but the effect of `export PATH' is not permanent: after a while, or in another terminal, again: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games . How to make the effect of `export PATH' permanent, and why is it not? You are confusing permanent with spanning processes. Unix (or is it Shell?) won't let you affect other process' symbol space. As others have written, each shell instance must export PATH. -- - Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA HELP: The feature that assists in generating more questions. When the Help feature is used correctly, users are able to navigate through a series of Help screens and end up where they started from without learning a damn thing. Computer Definitions -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?
Rodolfo Medina wrote: I do: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games , then $ export PATH=$PATH:/sbin $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/sbin and everything all right; but the effect of `export PATH' is not permanent: after a while, or in another terminal, again: $ echo $PATH /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games . How to make the effect of `export PATH' permanent, and why is it not? Clive Menzies wrote: Check out .bashrc and .bash_profile in your home directory. See man bash Digby R. S. Tarvin wrote: You are making a change to the shell's environment which will effect all of its subsequent descendants, but not processes started either before the change or by ancestors (such as your window manager..) - and certainly not for a different login session. To make it permanent and apply to all of your shells, you need to modify the command files that are executed when you login or when each new shell starts. Check the man page appropriate for your chosen shell for details. Adam Funk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Put export PATH=$PATH:/sbin in your ~/.bashrc file. Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You are confusing permanent with spanning processes. Unix (or is it Shell?) won't let you affect other process' symbol space. As others have written, each shell instance must export PATH. Thanks to all for your help. Cheers, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
