SH Script not working

PEACEYALL · 03-20-2005, 12:08 PM

hey all,

well i made my first script, in it has:

"
#! /bin/sh

cd /home/peaceyall
export PATH=$HOME/kde3.4/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/kde3.4/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
"

But it wont work , i even tried to run it as non root and root btu it didnt work. What is wrong with teh script. If it is a wrong script, then someone pls post me a script that does :
"
export PATH=$HOME/kde3.4/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/kde3.4/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
"
Thank you...

david_ross · 03-20-2005, 12:34 PM

What do you expect it to do?

If you start a new shell then the variables will only be available to it's children. if you want the variables in your current shell then source it with:
. /path/to/script
or
source /path/to/script

cylix · 03-20-2005, 12:36 PM

You should just add those environment variables to your .bashrc

.bashrc will be interpreted by X, so no worries
or .xinitrc

Not sure what you need the path variables for... so the appropriate location is a little fuzzy.

There is no space in #!/bin/bash

PEACEYALL · 03-21-2005, 08:58 AM

now how do i make the script start at boot?