Does EmulationStation load .bashrc?

[brandflake11]

Hello all,
I am working on my update script for my Retropie-Airplane-Mode, and I am trying to get a variable to load when starting the pi. I have put

export RAM_PIBOY_OSD=1

into .bashrc as part of the installation process. This works when loading into a shell, the variable is recognized, but if you just boot into emulationstation with RetroPie, it doesn't seem like this variable is registered. Is there a better way to get a shell variable to be assigned when booting into EmulationStation?

Thank you very much for your time and let me know if you need any clarifications.

[BuZz]

@brandflake11 .bashrc is loaded later. You can add it to /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

[brandflake11]

@buzz Ah, thanks so much! I'll test this out and come back here if I have any other problems with this.

EDIT: Questions about this: Does the export need to be before the emulationstation command? Also, if I open a terminal, will this variable still be assigned?

Also, I put the command before the emulationstation command in

/opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh

and it doesn't seem to have assigned the variable. My script also thinks it's not assigned. Does it need to be in both .bashrc and autostart.sh?

[BuZz]

@brandflake11 please post your scripts and the locations etc. If you want the export available in anything run from Emulation Station it needs to be exported before and it should be available. But it won't be available if you exit emulation station as that's a parent shell. So you would need it in bashrc then.

[brandflake11]

@buzz Here is a link to the script on github. It currently puts the export command in .bashrc, but I tested it on my machine by putting it in /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh with no luck of the script launched by emulationstation detecting the variable. The programming is in function RAM_PIBOY_CHECK.