RE: [newbie] unable to update PATH variable

2003-07-08 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Start a new bash prompt. Tony. -Original Message- From: Rosario Balboa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 4:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] unable to update PATH variable Hi, I changed PATH on my .bash_profile, and export it. It doesn't work. How can

Re: [newbie] unable to update PATH variable

2003-07-08 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Tuesday 08 July 2003 11:17 am, Rosario Balboa wrote: Hi, I changed PATH on my .bash_profile, and export it. It doesn't work. How can I run again bash to have the new settings updated? Rosario Here, if I'm logged in and X running, I have to logout, and log back in. After that, any

RE: [newbie] unable to update PATH variable

2003-07-08 Thread Tony S. Sykes
:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] unable to update PATH variable I just open a new terminal window, type $PATH and everything is the same. Besides, I can't be sure it passed through. I added an echo command and it never appears. I have tons of questions about this. Any good

Re: [newbie] unable to update PATH variable

2003-07-08 Thread bones
Hi, why don't you send what you have changed? I.e. your .bashrc file? my .bashrc in my home dir has among other things this line in it: export PATH=~/bin:/mnt/data/programs/java/sdk/j2sdk1.4.1_01/bin:/mnt/data/programs/java/sdk/javawebstart_1.0.1/webstart/javaws:$PATH which works wonderfully