Jesús Guerrero writes:
> "Boris Fersing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> > You don't need to export the variable...
>
> You do, unless you plan to use that variable only instead of the
> script, in this case, ~/.bashrc
But PATH is exported already, so there is no need to do this again I think.
> And one thing you should consider is to use something to check if the
> path has been already added. Otherwise you will end having a lot of
> times that same path in your ${PATH} variable.
>
> For example:
>
> if [[ -n `echo $PATH | grep "/insert/your/path/here"` ]]
> then
>
> : # Fallback
>
> else
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
> export PATH
> fi
Or a little shorter:
path=/insert/your/path/here
[[ $PATH = *$path* ]] || PATH=$path:$PATH
Alex
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