adding to PATH

[Arcady Genkin <genkin@sympatico.ca>]

Hi all:

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!

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Arcady Genkin
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