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Re: Setting Path ENV variable



ok.. I've found the .bashrc in /root and put the path statement into there.
 Yet is still gives only the standard path (login and type: set).  Are
there multiple places where this needs to be set?

The syntax is:

PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/x11:/usr/code/c/util:/usr/code/c
/space:/etc/ppp:/etc/ppp/peers"

TIA for any help.
Andy

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> From: ktb <xyf@inetnebr.com>
> To: Debian Users <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Subject: Re: Setting Path ENV variable
> Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 7:44 PM
> 
> Andy Thomas wrote:
> > 
> >  Hi,
> >  Running Linux from O'Reilly says that the search path can be set in
> > .bashrc
> >  file, but the only .bashrc I'm finding is for a user I created, not
>root.
> >  Is there a bash configuration file for root?  
> 
> To get to that file you have to be signed in as root or su to root and
> cd to the /root directory.  
> 
> >I'm trying to add some
> >  directories to the search path.
> > 
> >  I found a file named /etc/profile with a PATH statement in it, but
> > attempts
> >  to add to that don't work.   The comment at the top says it's the
> >  system-wide profile for bash(1)
> 
> I'm by no means an expert on this but I've found that /etc/profile
> effects my console sessions and not my 'X' sessions.
> hth,
> kent
> 
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