On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 12:31 AM, g <geleem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > instead of taking the time needed to logout and login to desktop, > i find that opening a terminal and entering; > > . ~/.bashrc > > is a faster way to effect new .bashrc entries. That will have absolutely no effect on any currently running program, including the desktop you're working in. Processes inherit external variables from the process that executed them, so only those which are run from the new shell you just entered are going to see the change. You could of course visit every other running Shell and source ~/.bashrc, but that will still not affect apps run from the GUI. IOW, yes you have to log out and in again. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org