> When you run a script in a subshell, it can modify the environment of
> that subshell, then that subshell terminates (when the script is done)
> and you get the prompt from your original shell again. Unlike MS-DOS,
> scripts normally run in subshells and can't wreak havoc on your
> environment. If you want to run the script in the current shell, use
> one of the following commands :
> . ./.bash_profile
> source ./.bash_profile
Thanks. I was confusing the use of the export builtin and how it
exports a
shell variable to the environment.
>
> What I do is put all config stuff in ~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile
> looks like this :
>
>
> # .bash_profile
>
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
> source ~/.bashrc
> fi
duh. Thanks very much.
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