Problems exporting PATH after modified.

[Blake A. Storm]

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>> What I do is I modify the PATH variable, and then export it. After this when I call "echo $PATH" the output displays the new modified string. BUT as soon as I log-out and log-in again the new modified PATH is gone and replaced by the original.
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>> Please HeLp. I have consulted a number of books and nowhere have I found anything 
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>You are not saving the new variable value i.e after logout and login you
>get the old value.
>save your new value to path in your ~/.bash_profile

>PATH=$PATH:new value
>export PATH

>HTH.
 >-- >vikram... Shouldn't that go in ~/.bashrc? As I recall .profile and 
.bash_profile are not necessarily read by xterm because X is started by 
a script when using startx (.profile only effects a login shell)...dunno 
if kdm/konsole would have the same problem. ~/.bashrc is read regardless 
even if you used startx and an xterm. I am not sure about kde because I 
don't use it, but I am interested in getting clarification on that 
issue. --Blake