Sign Up to our social questions and Answers Engine to ask questions, answer people’s questions, and connect with other people.
Login to our social questions & Answers Engine to ask questions answer people’s questions & connect with other people.
Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive a link and will create a new password via email.
Please briefly explain why you feel this question should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this answer should be reported.
Please briefly explain why you feel this user should be reported.
I am trying to add a folder to the PATH in linux. I want to automate it through a script.
This is the script I have written:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Setting PATH..."
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/mysoftware/scripts/client" >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
Even after executing the script, PATH is not getting updated.
But I can see that bashrc file has been updated.
When I logout and login, PATH is updated.
What might be the problem?
You’re running the script in a child shell. Try sourcing it: