Changing environment variable in suse

yeah, i know it is trivial :) but i am a newbie linux user and i want to note it down, right?

The file to change : /home/hilal.tarakci/.profile

The lines to add :

# added by hilal.tarakci

# eclipse home

export ECLIPSE_HOME=/usr/share/myprograms/ECLIPSEHOME/eclipse

# end of eclipse home

# java home

export JAVA_HOME=/opt/ibm/java-x86_6460

# end of java home

# catalina home

export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/share/myprograms/ECLIPSEHOME/server/apache-tomcat6.0.18

# end of catalina home

# maven repo

export M2_REPO=/usr/share/myprograms/ECLIPSEHOME/m2repo

# end of maven repo

# glassfish bin

export PATH=/usr/share/myprograms/ECLIPSEHOME/server/glassfish/bin:$PATH

# end of glassfish bin

# end of added by hilal.tarakci

The command to work after the change: bash .profile

Restart may be required.

Note: use vi or similar editor to edit .profile, not kwrite:)