Hi, when you export a variable, it becomes known system-wide (or terminal-wide if you have not logged off).
If you want to do that correctly, you should do something like export PATH="/whatever/new/path:$PATH" so you won't lose the existing PATH. If you are working within a terminal, you can do source ~/.bashrc to refresh your global variables. Also, take a look at bash man page man bash Best, -- Stefano
