Re: bash profile not working

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

John Taber wrote:

> I want to set some environmental variables - I tried putting them in 
> bash_profile (which works in RH) but it doesn't seem to work although when I 
> manually type in the same lines at the command prompt it works (using Knoppix 
> on HD).  Any suggestions? thks
> John
>  
If you're setting these in an Xterm (or equivalent), they will only 
affect that shell, not other shells/applications not started from that 
shell.

Also, are you just setting them, or are you exporting them also (which 
is necessary)?

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Kent