Re: how to change environment variable permanently

[Barry]

>  On 24 Jun 2022, at 16:36, Roger Heflin <rogerheflin(a)gmail.com&gt;
> 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(a)fastmail.fm&gt;
> 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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