Commands from ~/.bashrc not working on login?

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Comrades,
I use OpenIndiana, the shell is bash.
I tried to add the path to the binaries I needed to the $PATH variable by adding the following line to ~/.bashrc:

export PATH=/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/csw/bin:/opt/csw/gcc4

In theory, with logoff and subsequent login, $PATH should already have the form indicated above, but no - no changes occur.
What could be the problem? Or is it a feature? :)
Thanks in advance for your replies.

Answer 1

try adding to ~/.bash_profile

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    . ~/.bashrc
fi

Answer 2

This is a feature and is described in the mana linux.die.net/man/1/bash
The point is that ~/.bash_profile is read on login, and ~/.bashrc on interactive shell startup. It's very easy to check. We write the line echo 'bash_profile' to ~/.bash_profile , and echo 'bashrc' to ~/.bashrc . Now we log in and start another save shell (i.e. start bash without login):
bash_profile
[[email protected] ~]$ bash
bashrc
[[email protected] ~]$ exit
[[email protected] ~]$


Answer 3

In general, it's generally accepted to set PATH=$PATH:<your_paths>.
And, there is a bit of an opinion that it is better to store such things in a separate file, ala ~/.profile, and read it, rather than write it directly to bash_*. Why - so that in other shells (well, suddenly you need them) read ~/.profile, and not copy-paste env variables into their .rc files :)