On 02/25/2014 11:49 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > 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. Not necessarily! 1) Finish thunderbird 2) Until the next logout: . ~/.bashrc;thunderbird No logout needed :-) Joachim Backes -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) Kernel-3.13.4-200.fc20.x86_64 Joachim Backes <joachim.backes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/de-index.html https://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~backes/en-index.html -- 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
