SHLIB_PATH in profile file

[hemantbs11]

Hi,
I have SHLIB_PATH exported a number of times in a single .profile file
Should the latest export of SHLIB overwrite the older paths exported.

Ex: .profile
--> export SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:/usr/local/apache2/lib
--> export SHLIB_PATH=$SHLIB_PATH:$ORACLE_HOME/lib
--> export SHLIB_PATH=/opt/java1.4/jre/lib/PA_RISC/classic

what would be SHLIB_PATH exported after .profile is executed in this case.

[Dennis Handly · Accepted solution]

The first two append to the end. The last one completely replaces the other two.

[hemantbs11]

Thank you Dennis.

This means SHLIB_PATH will be set to '/opt/java1.4/jre/lib/PA_RISC/classic'
at the end of .profile execution.
Any previously set paths will be overwritten by such export?

[Dennis Handly]

>Any previously set paths will be overwritten by such export?

Exactly. Actually ALL exports override any previous ones. It is only that if the RHS includes the previous values that you can append.