[nmglug] editing bash

Brendan synk at swcp.com
Tue Apr 7 15:42:10 PDT 2009


BrianO'Keefe wrote:
> Thanks Nick. I added the variables from your last email as best I could:
> 
> export AEJHOME home/ubuntu/Downloads/aej90exe
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH $AEJHOME/lib
> export PATH= $PATH:/usr/local/aejhome/bin

The syntax is "export NAME=value".  Note there's an = between the name 
and the value, and there is no space at all.  Add = signs, remove your 
spaces and try again.

FWIW, you could switch your shell to csh or tcsh if you have that 
installed.  Use the chsh command to change shells.

-Brendan



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