> 
> I have a question though:
> 
> what's the difference between editing the PATH in my .bashrc file and the 
> bash_profile (to stick around)? (I did the former).
> 
> TIA.
> 
> alvin
> 
> 
> ****will I ever be a root?****
> 
 .bash_profile gets executed for login shells,
.bashrc gets executed for non-login shells.. 
I'm not sure on this, but I believe that the export will apply
to all shell, and since a login shell has to occur first, that
will be global

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