Environment Variable

khdani · 10-05-2008, 09:01 AM

Hello,
I use Fedora 9.
I added an environment variable to .bashrc and .bash_profile,
but a program which needs this variable doesn't find it!?

I guess I'd to add it somewhere else, but where?
Please Help, Thank You

Nylex · 10-05-2008, 10:14 AM

Did you source your .bashrc/.bash_profile (e.g. by running ". .bashrc") after making the changes? Those files are only read once (when the shell is started), so after making changes, you either need to restart the shell or "source" the files, as alluded to above.