Re: How to add dir to path

[Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>]

Manon Metten(manon.metten@gmail.com) is reported to have said:
> Hi,
> 
> This thread ain't over yet. Apart from using ~/bin (as Andrei Popescu
> suggested) I noticed that adding 'export PATH=$HOME/scripts:$PATH'
> to the end of ~/.bash_profile, the newly added dir is not available in
> any new session I open. However, when I open a new bash window,
> the new dir is available. Something like this:
> 
> Bash Win1
>   - Session 1: ~/scripts   YES
>   - Session 2: ~/scripts    NO
>     ...
>   - Session X: ~/scripts    NO
> 
> Bash Win2:
>   - Session 1: ~/scripts   YES
>   - Session 2: ~/scripts    NO
>     ...
>   - Session X: ~/scripts    NO
> 
> etc.
> 
> So just to try, I've put 'export PATH=$HOME/scripts:$PATH' in
> /etc/profile but that didn't make any difference. Then I placed it
> in ~/.bashrc and yep! ~/scripts available in every session.
> 
> Is this default behavior or don't I just understand it?

If (?) I understand your question correctly

Any changes made to .bash_profile or .bashrc require a restart of that
file.

If you have at the end of the .bash_profile, the command 
. .bashrc

Then after editing either one, you do
. .bash_profile  ( which is the same as logging out & back in)
the new commands you entered will then work. Musch faster then a
logout/login.

Hope I understood you correctly.

Wayne

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