EXPORT : not a valid identifier

[jajabinker]

[abc(at)xyz ~]$ export $PATH
bash: export: `/usr/lib64/mpich2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/mtaweb/g09/bsd:/home/mtaweb/g09/local:/home/mtaweb/g09/extras:/home/mtaweb/g09': not a valid identifier


heres my .bash_profile

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH:$HOME/bin
export PATH
export USERNAME

GAUSS_SCRDIR="/home/user/scratch"
#GAUSS_LFLAG='-v -nodelist "192.9.200.172"'
GAUSS_LFLAG='-v -nodelist '
export GAUSS_LFLAG

g09root="/home/user"
GAUSS_SCRDIR1="/home/user/scratch"
export g09root GAUSS_SCRDIR
. $g09root/g09/bsd/g09.profile

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib:/home/user/g09/linda8.2/common/lib:/home/user/openmpi/lib

and my .bashrc

# .bashrc

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
. /etc/bashrc
fi
alias ifort=/opt/intel/composer_xe_2011_sp1/bin/ifort
# User specific aliases and functions
PATH=$PATH:/home/user/cfour_v1/bin
export PATH

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/user/openmpi/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
~

annoying as hell cant get anything done :/

[hazel]

When you export a shell variable, you must export the name, not the value. So no "$". But in any case, PATH is already in your environment so you don't need to export it. Changing the value of an environmental variable doesn't mean that it needs to be re-exported.