You don have to reboot nor logout just run this command $ . ~/.bashrc notice the dot after the dolar prompt! or if you want to read the ENV from profile, then $ source /etc/profile ifan On Thursday 07 October 2004 07:10, Mike Burger wrote: > On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, bruce wrote: > > anth... > > > > just what i was looking for!!!! > > > > ps... how can i get the changes in the /.bashrc /etc/profile to take > > effect.. or do i have to reboot... > > Just log out and log back in. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anth Courtney [mailto:anth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:49 PM > > To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list > > Subject: Re: basic linux question.. > > > > > > Bruce, > > > > Howzit. > > > > > what do i have to do (what command) to allow me to simply type the name > > > of the executable from anywhere on the drive, and have the exe run... > > > > You need to add the directory to your path. > > > > If the directory was /opt/mydirectory then you could do > > > > export env PATH=$PATH:/opt/mydirectory > > > > You can then just type the name of the file and bingo. > > > > To make a change like this more permanent, you'll want to add it into > > /etc/profile - look at the pathmunge examples in there and just add your > > own. > > > > cheers, > > Anth > > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org > > To be notified of updates to the web site, visit > http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a > message to: > > site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > with a message of: > > subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
