[wplug] PATH problem with Bash

[Jonathan S. Billings]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:15:10AM -0400, Zach wrote:
> I am trying to include $HOME/bin in my PATH in bash yet it doesn't work.
> 
> In my .bashrc I have:
> 
> # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
>     PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
> fi

If you don't export the $PATH variable, it doesn't get passed on to
subshells.  Try putting 'export ' in front of the PATH in your
addition.

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Jonathan Billings <wbanguna at gmail.com>