RNAstructure.md

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 ## Running Programs
 
-After compilation, the program executables will be in the _exe_ directory within the RNAstructure folder.  You should ensure that the executables are available in the PATH environment variable.  To add a directory to the PATH environment variable, edit the _.profile_ file in your home directory with the following line:
+After compilation, the program executables will be in the _exe_ directory within the RNAstructure folder.  You should ensure that the executables are available in the PATH environment variable.  To add a directory to the PATH environment variable, edit the _.bashrc_ file in your home directory with the following line:
 
 ```
-PATH=your_directory_path:$PATH
+export PATH=your_directory_path:$PATH
 ```
 
 Before running any programs from RNAstructure, you should first define the DATAPATH environment variable, which tells RNAstructure where to find the thermodynamic parameter files.  These parameter files can be found in the _datatables_ folder in the RNAstructure source code directory.  This can be done in the command line with the following command:
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Before running any programs from RNAstructure, you should first define the DATAP
 export DATAPATH=path_to_data_tables
 ```
 
-Note that this command needs to be run for every shell session.  To eliminate this requirement, edit the _.profile_ file in your home directory with the following line:
+Note that this command needs to be run for every shell session.  To eliminate this requirement, edit the _.bashrc_ file in your home directory with the following line:
 
 ```
-DATAPATH=path_to_data_tables
+export DATAPATH=path_to_data_tables
 ```