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Posted by nguoisechia .com
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nguoisechia .com
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 30,943 Points

Thanks for your helpful course. I have a question.

Is it ok if I set export environment variables in the .bashrc file?

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Jay McGavren
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Jay McGavren
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Jay McGavren
Jay McGavren
Treehouse Teacher

It shouldn't cause any harm, but whether it will work correctly depends on what you need the environment variables set for. Using export in a user's .bashrc will ensure the environment variables you set are active for that user anytime they run the Bash shell on that machine. If you want variables set regardless of the shell, you might set them in the .profile file instead. You can read more here: https://serverfault.com/questions/261802/what-are-the-functional-differences-between-profile-bash-profile-and-bashrc