Re: adding to PATH

[bradleyb <bradleyb@u.washington.edu>]

I believe /etc/profile IS the place where the system-wide default PATH is
defined.  Are you sure it isn't being changed somewhere in .bashrc or
.bash_profile?
anyway, to add to it, you'd do this:
PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/java/bin

-Brad

On 25 Apr 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> I'm having a problem adding to a system-wide PATH variable... I've
> added the following in /etc/profile:
> PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/java/bin"
> 
> However, "echo $PATH" produces:
> 
> ./:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin
> 
> My ~/.bashrc and ~/bash_profile do not contain anything to do with
> PATH variable. SO where is the system-wide PATH specified?
> 
> Also, how do I dynamically add to the PATH variable in bash?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> Arcady Genkin
> "I opened up my wallet, and it's full of blood..." - GsYDE
> 
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