Or: csh: ~/.cshrc ksh: ~/.profile ...add something like PATH=%PATH%, /new/path/vars, /etc HTH, Christopher Hollow Harry Putnam wrote: >Kalin Mintchev <kalin at el.net> writes: > > > >>how do i make environment variables to "stick"?.... >> >> > >Put them in ~/.bashrc. Its get read at login and when starting an >xterm in X. > > > >