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Hello,
** Yves Cloutier
Hello,
I'm on linux and trying to add my fonts directories using
export OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts/;$HOME/.fonts
however when I do, I get the following message:
bash: /home/drifter/.fonts: Is a directory
I'm not what I'm doing wrong or why it's not liking this. Any pointers would be appreciated.
Use double quotes: export OSFONTDIR="/usr/share/fonts/;$HOME/.fonts" P.S. You may be interested to read bash scripting guide, but in short the semicolon is used in shell (bash, zsh) to separate two or more commands in a row, so your line was interpreted by a shell (I assume that it is bash) like 1 command: export OSFONTDIR=/usr/share/fonts 2 command: $HOME/.fonts so indeed the $HOME/.fonts is a directory. --- WBR, Vladimir Lomov -- If all else fails, lower your standards.