Unable to get PATH set right

[nroberts420]

I am having a really hard time getting the path in my .bash_profile file set so I can run all the commands in /sbin from the command line with out having to supply the path. My .bash_profile file looks like this:

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/sbin
export PATH
echo $PATH
unset USERNAME

I assume this should work because if I run the command PATH=/sbin:$PATH from command line then everything works. Just for some reason not from the .bash_profile file.

Nate

 

[Mellegem]

check to make sure that the .bashrc file calls the
.bash_profile script. Maybe use an entry like echo 'hello' or sumthing equally unimaginative.

I keep everything in .bashrc because it works... ;-)

 

[clonny2]

Make sure you source the file after you change to make the changes take affect.

source ~/.bashrc


>---------------------------------------Lawrence Feldman
SR. QA. Engineer SNAP Appliance
lfeldman@snapappliance.com