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Re: exporting PATH (without logging in again)



On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 10:51:07AM +0100, roberto wrote:
> Hello,
> i have a simple question regarding PATH environment variable:
> 
> my PATH is actually set to
>    
> ~$echo $PATH
>    /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin
> 
> 
> and i want to change it to:
>    {$PATH}:/home/my_bin1:/home/my_bin2
> 
> 
> but i do NOT want to login again, but just simply get PATH changed when i open a new Konsole being
> already logged in

Put this:

export PATH=$PATH:/home/my_bin1:/home/my_bin2

in ~/.bashrc

This is explained in the INVOCATION section of the bash man page.



-- 
Russell Steicke

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