Re: PATH variable--where is it?

[Gary Turner <kk5st@swbell.net>]

Tnx to MarkL for the reminder to keep scope restricted, and how-to.
Kudos to MarkC for the why-you-do-it-that-way.

Each of you who responded to my query has contributed to a better
understanding than have 7 or 8 books, each promising guru-hood.

On Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:13:56 -0500 (EST), you wrote:
>
>From the bash manpage,
>
>       When  bash is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as
>       a non-interactive shell with the --login option, it  first
>       reads and executes commands from the file /etc/profile, if
>       that file exists.  After reading that file, it  looks  for
>       ~/.bash_profile,  ~/.bash_login,  and  ~/.profile, in that
>       order, and reads and executes commands from the first  one
>       that  exists  and is readable.
>
>The manpage for whatever shell you are using should reveal what files it
>reads, hence where its path is coming from.
>
>-- Mark