From 227a48e4d8d2bec25ea9f64ebd968620bfbf8567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lavergne <thomas.lavergne@met.no>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:24:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md

Be explicit about the double `ncmaps` in the export variable.
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 README.md | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4c8296..d1d52ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ There are two ways for getting ncview to use the scientific colormaps:
  1. Fetch the ncmaps repo from github;
  2. Define (export) a shell environment variable to the sub-directory `ncmaps/`: `export NCVIEWBASE=</path/to/local/ncmaps/copy>/ncmaps/`.
 
+For example: `export NCVIEWBASE=/home/tomlav/software/ncmaps/ncmaps/` (note `ncmaps` twice). You should add the export to your `.profile`.
+
 *Option 2:*
  1. Fetch the ncmaps repo from github;
  2. Run `python3 write_ncmaps` in the terminal;