By ".bashrc for root", I meant /root/.bashrc On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Debasish Ray Chawdhuri < [email protected]> wrote:
> It depends on what you want > > > On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 2:01 PM, narendra sisodiya < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Debasish Ray Chawdhuri < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The bashrc is in /etc directory. >>> >> >> Wrong,, this will affect system level setting >> >> use >> /home/usename/.bashrc file >> >> >> >>> And if you don't export, the variable will not be available to the child >>> shells, one of which is your command prompt. >>> So, Narendra is right. Modifying .bashrc of root will only affect root's >>> environment. >>> >>> you can do either export var='asdfa', or var='asdfa' and then export >>> var. Both of these have the same effect. >>> -- >>> Debasish Ray Chawdhuri >>> Dept. of Textile Technology, >>> IIT Delhi >>> >>> -- >>> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ┌─────────────────────────┐ >> │ Narendra Sisodiya >> │ http://narendrasisodiya.com >> └─────────────────────────┘ >> >> -- >> l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm >> > > > > -- > Debasish Ray Chawdhuri > Dept. of Textile Technology, > IIT Delhi > -- Debasish Ray Chawdhuri Dept. of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
