basic linux question..

[Ifan]

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 at anthcourtney.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:49 PM
> > To: bedouglas at earthlink.net; 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
>
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