Re: how to change environment variable permanently

[Barry <barry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 24 Jun 2022, at 16:36, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



Trick is add this around the path add.  

If [ $path_add -ne 1 ] ; then

Path addition code

Path_add=1

Fi

That only runs it once.

This is a work around for using ,bashrc when .bash_profile is where this should be done.

Barry

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 4:09 AM Anil F Duggirala <anilduggirala@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hello,
I would like to change the $PATH environment variable permanently, to
be able to execute a program more quickly.
I have tried adding a new line: export PATH=$PATH:/my/path , to my
.bashrc .
When I log in again, I see that $PATH is now: $PATH:/my/path/:/my/path,
my directory has been appended twice.
I don't know exactly what the "export" command actually does, so I am
lost here.
thanks for your help.
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