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["Marius Roets" <roets.marius@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/16/06, Marius Roets <roets.marius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have noticed something strange. If I do the following in my .bashrc :
> export PATH=/mypath:$PATH
> then I get the following path when I am logged into KDE and using Konsole:
> /mypath:/mypath:/mypath:rest-of-the-path.
> If I comment it out in .bashrc I just get:
> rest-of-the-path.
> When I do a ctrl-alt-F1 to switch to a console, and log in, it only
> appears once as expected.
>
> Any ideas why this happens.
>
> I am using Suse 10.0 btw.
>
> Marius

I have solved this by putting the required line in .bash_profile
instead. According to the bash documentation, .bashrc gets executed
for every shell, not just interactive ones. In a KDE environment, a
shell in Konsole is the child of at least 2 other shells. I'm not sure
how .bash_profile works, but it gives the expected (at least for me)
results. Only thing is that you can't change the settings in
.bash_profile within a KDE session. I have to log of, and log back in
for the settings to take effect on any new shells created. But since I
don't change these settings often, I will not spend anymore time on
this issue.

Thanks for all the suggestion.

Marius

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