why the #! at the start of a .profile... I would've thought this was
unnecessary..
Dave.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Glenn Wearen wrote:
> my .profile looks like this...
> #!/usr/bash
> PATH=$PATH:/additionalpath/;export PATH
> ENVAR=VALUE;export ENVAR
>> the output of env at the prompt confirms the new path is set, but ENVAR does
> not appear to be set!
> Generally, existing environment variables are updated, new environment
> variables are not added though. Any ideas?
> Glenn
>>
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