persistent CLASSPATH
Paul Howarth
paul at city-fan.org
Fri Aug 19 17:29:51 UTC 2005
dan wrote:
> dan wrote:
> I'm on Fedora Core 4 OS...
> e.g. export CLASSPATH=/home/username
> results in a *temporary* CLASSPATH.
> If I close the terminal window and
> open a new one the command
> echo $CLASSPATH results in no CLASSPATH(!)
>
> The command env shows that there is no CLASSPATH env variable. I
> guess I need to *add*
> the env variable CLASSPATH for e.g. the username.
> How do I do that?
>
> Add the command to ~/.bash_profile
>
> You will need to log out and back in again for this to take effect.
>
> Paul.
>
> Paul,
>
>>Add the command to ~/.bash_profile
>
> I'm a newbie so I don't know how to that! My bash_profile
> looks like this:
> # Startup file for bash login shells.
> #
> default_dir=/usr/local/lib/
>
> if [ -n "$PS1" ]; then
> PS1='\u@\h(\#)\$ '
> IGNOREEOF=3
> fi
>
> LOGIN_SHELL=true
>
> # If the user has her own init file, then use that one, else use the
> # canonical one.
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> . ~/.bashrc
> elif [ -f ${default_dir}Bashrc ]; then
> . ${default_dir}Bashrc;
> fi
Just use your favourite editor (e.g. gedit) to add this line to the end
of the file:
export CLASSPATH=/home/username
Paul.
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