we want to override any original directories, place local dirs first!

diff --git a/.bash_profile b/.bash_profile
index 4f2ade9..63eb16d 100644 (file)
--- a/.bash_profile
+++ b/.bash_profile
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ function _bash_profile_addpath  # variable,dirpathname
        if [ -z "`eval "echo \\${$1}"`" ];then
                eval "$1='$2'"
        else
-               eval "$1=\"\${$1}:$2\""
+               # we want to override any original directories, place dirpathname first!
+               eval "$1=\"$2:\${$1}\""
        fi
        export "$1"
 }