Allow arbitrary shell expansion in *dirs.

[profile.git] / .profile.d / PATH.bashrc

diff --git a/.profile.d/PATH.bashrc b/.profile.d/PATH.bashrc
index 66d61b3..4c5d535 100644 (file)
--- a/.profile.d/PATH.bashrc
+++ b/.profile.d/PATH.bashrc
@@ -27,15 +27,24 @@ function makepath() {
   # Check the file exists.
   [ -e "$DIR/$dirs" ] || return
 
+  # Set IFS to newline only so that we can read $(embedded shell commands).
+  JGD=$IFS
+  IFS='
+'
   # Read them.
   path=
   for dir in $(cat "$DIR/$dirs"); do
+    dir=$(eval echo "$dir")
     [ -d "$dir" ] || continue
 
     path="$path:$dir"
   done
   unset dir
 
+  # Restore IFS.
+  IFS=$JGD
+  unset JGD
+
   # Sanitise path.
   path=${path#:}
   [ -z "$path" ] && return