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I added the following to my .bash_profile:

JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME:/usr/java/jdk1.7.0
export JAVA_HOME

However, when I echo $JAVA_HOME it outputs an empty string. Why weren't my changes to .bash_profile reflected in the shell?

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Have you logged in again since the editing of ~/.bash_profile? ~/.bash_profile is executed only when a login shell or bash --login is started. – manatwork Oct 13 '11 at 10:08
thanks, that's worked – Sergey Oct 13 '11 at 11:27
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@manatwork Want to post that as an answer? – Michael Mrozek♦ Oct 13 '11 at 14:50
@MichaelMrozek, I am not so sure. Can not remember ever seeing JAVA_HOME set to a list of paths. I have a bad feeling regarding its correctness, so I prefer not to participate in this, beyond a simple comment. – manatwork Oct 14 '11 at 6:31

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You should add this to your .bashrc file, if you want it set for every interactive shell.

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