Possible Duplicate:how do i tell gnome to reread my ~/.profileHow to change environment variables without re-logging to UI? I'm trying to reload my ~/.profile without login out.I can use source to reload it in bash for example, but I haven't found out how to reload it for the whole desktop.When I launch applications from menus, they aren't aware of the changes in ~/.profile. Those changes are exclusively export commands.How can I reload it for the whole desktop?
Reload ~/.profile for desktop
linux;ubuntu;gnome;profile