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Re: Effect of `export PATH' not pemanent?



On 2006-05-12, Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> 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.



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