Setting environment variables on OS X

Question

What is the proper way to modify environment variables like PATH in OS X?

I\'ve looked on Google a little bit and found three different files to edit:

Answer 1

All the magic on iOS only goes with using source with the file, where you export your environment variables.

For example:

You can create an file like this:

export bim=fooo
export bom=bar

Save this file as bimbom.env, and do source ./bimbom.ev. Voilá, you got your environment variables.

Check them with:

echo $bim