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Re: bash root ~/.bash_profile quirk
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Chris F.A. Johnson |
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Re: bash root ~/.bash_profile quirk |
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Thu, 6 Sep 2007 20:21:23 -0400 |
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On 2007-09-06, asherwolf wrote:
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> On 2007-09-06, asherwolf wrote:
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>> I have the following in my root ~/.bash_profile:
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>> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>> .....
>> PKG_CONFIG_PATH is there, but not LD_LIBRARY_PATH (which makes some of my
>> programs not cooperate)
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>>>Are you using "su" or "su -"?
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> I'm using just su... should I use "su -" ?
If you use "su -", it does the equivalent of logging in, and thus
reads .bash_profile; "su" by itself doesn't.
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Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
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