Set environment variables, why it wont work?

yalanop · 01-27-2003, 02:10 PM

I try the following

PHP Code:



set $PATH=$PATH+":/sbin:/usr/sbin:/."

i then echo the path variable to see absolutely no change!

What can be goin wrong??

Thanx

acid_kewpie · 01-27-2003, 02:17 PM

this is bash yeah?

PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin

and if that' sbeing set inside a script, prefix the whole shebang with "export"

yalanop · 01-27-2003, 02:26 PM

Thanx man!

It's quite frustrating being a newbie!

yalanop · 01-27-2003, 05:24 PM

HELP AGAIN!!!!

How can I make the changes of the environment variables persist between logons???

I add

PHP Code:



export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin

in my .profile file in the home directory but it does not seem to work? Is there something else I should do???

acid_kewpie · 01-27-2003, 05:27 PM

.profile should be ok, but .bashrc is even more ok. try there