On 02/25/2014 11:49 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:31 AM, g <gel...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> instead of taking the time needed to logout and login to desktop,
>> i find that opening a terminal and entering;
>>
>>    . ~/.bashrc
>>
>> is a faster way to effect new .bashrc entries.
> 
> That will have absolutely no effect on any currently running program,
> including the desktop you're working in. Processes inherit external
> variables from the process that executed them, so only those which are
> run from the new shell you just entered are going to see the change.
> You could of course visit every other running Shell and source
> ~/.bashrc, but that will still not affect apps run from the GUI.
> 
> IOW, yes you have to log out and in again.

Not necessarily!

1) Finish thunderbird
2) Until the next logout:  . ~/.bashrc;thunderbird

No logout needed :-)


Joachim Backes



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