On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:39 +0200, Ali Helmy wrote: > On 28/03/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > . /etc/profile.d/java.sh > > ^ note space > > Emm, what? ---- there is a period and then a single space and then /etc/profile.d/java.sh if you can't figure that out then you really should stop using gmail because it is a problem for you. I also told you that you could achieve the same thing by typing 'source /etc/profile.d/java.sh'. The above only affects the current login. Therefore, it allows you to see if it worked. A new login shell will automatically have those attributes/environmental variables. Craig