Problem setting PATH variable

[Randy Campbell]

I am having strange difficulties setting the PATH variable in .bashrc.

I want to include /usr/local/bin in the path.

If I don't set PATH in .bashrc, i.e. accept the default, login and, on the
command line,
execute "export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin", everything works fine.

If I place the same command in .bashrc, I can't resolve executables that are
in
/usr/local/bin, even though "echo $PATH" seems to show it as part of the
path,
appearing identical to the first case.

Can anyone suggest what the difference might be?

Thanks,
Randy

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