Comments on: Adding an environment variable to Bash PATH in OS X http://peterheide.com/2008/10/04/adding-an-environment-variable-to-bash-path-in-os-x/ I keep meaning to write. Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:56:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peter http://peterheide.com/2008/10/04/adding-an-environment-variable-to-bash-path-in-os-x/#comment-601 Peter Thu, 21 Jul 2011 20:56:59 +0000 http://peterheide.com/?p=24#comment-601 If I'm not mistaken, the following startup files will be searched for in order. Whichever one is found first will be used by the shell: ~/.bash_profile ~/.bash_login ~/.profile So yeah, .profile should work, as long as you don't also have a .bash_profile. If I’m not mistaken, the following startup files will be searched for in order. Whichever one is found first will be used by the shell:

~/.bash_profile
~/.bash_login
~/.profile

So yeah, .profile should work, as long as you don’t also have a .bash_profile.

]]> By: Fabiano http://peterheide.com/2008/10/04/adding-an-environment-variable-to-bash-path-in-os-x/#comment-600 Fabiano Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:32:19 +0000 http://peterheide.com/?p=24#comment-600 Hi Peter, I have added it to the first line in my <b>~/.profile</b> file this way: PATH=/opt/subversion/bin:$PATH and it works just the same. I wonder if the shell looks for them both once you open Terminal. Fabiano Hi Peter,

I have added it to the first line in my ~/.profile file this way:
PATH=/opt/subversion/bin:$PATH
and it works just the same. I wonder if the shell looks for them both once you open Terminal.

Fabiano

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