> > This is a multi-part message in MIME format... > > ------------=_1020551414-31891-195 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I need a convient way to script setting up a path variable within a single > console so that I may set up multiple consoles running different setups. I > wrote a script and ran in it in the console window to set the path but it
Hmm. As you probably figured out, each instance of bash (or the shell xterm runs) is independent of the others. So any enviroment settings (such as PATH) are unique to that instance of bash. This is no doubt frustrating at times, but it can be very convenient, letting you run special setups in one xterm (with their corresponding settings) and isolate those from 'ordinary' sessions. I took advantage of that when I needed to run against special versions of libc to run something like Word Perfect or Star Office. Probably what might work for you is to put the PATH setting statement along with the command (i.e., xterm) to run, but put all of that in a subshell like: ( export PATH=whatever; xterm) & That should work. I've tried it before with other environment variables, with success. > Kevin
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