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Asked: 2026-06-06T12:05:42+00:00

I have been trying to setup a environment variable in Cygwin using the command

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I have been trying to setup a environment variable in Cygwin using the command export PRIMOSBASE=/directory/for/primosfiles.

And when i check the variable using the command echo $PRIMOSBASE it shows the /directory/for/primosfiles. hopeful this means the environment variable is set.

But when i try to run a shell script(primos) for the /directory/for/primosfiles, it shows 

./primos: line 8: /prilaunch.pl: No such file or directory
chmod: failed to get attributes of `step1.sh': No such file or directory

which means i have not set the PRIMOSBASE environment. could anyone please tell me where i am going wrong…

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  1. Editorial Team

    Run

    echo "export PRIMOSBASE=/directory/for/primosfiles" >> ~/.bashrc

    to append the command to the end of your .bashrc file, so that the variable is set each time you use Cygwin. Then run

    source ~/.bashrc

    to make it take effect immediately.

    NOTE: Make sure you use double brackets (>>) to append. It might be a good idea to make a backup of .bashrc just in case. If you’re not comfortable with I/O redirection, an alternative is to edit .bashrc with an editor. I think vim is among the default tools in Cygwin.

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