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I want to add a additional directory to PATH in .cshrc in my home directory . But after I put the path to it ,It still not working . I don't know what's the problem ...

After I add this directory to .cshrc I type the name of program to use it , But it can't find ...

I want to add a directory called .tools in my home directory

The original file

set path = (. ~ /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin)

After I added

set path = (. ~ ~/.tools /sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin)
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The shell reads ~/.cshrc only once, at start-up. Therefore, any changes you make to the file will not be picked up immediately. You can either start a new shell, or type source ~/.cshrc to make the current shell reread the file.

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