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Re: j2skd1.4.0beta-i386.rpm to deb; will it work ?



On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 02:35:50AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 10:59:02PM +0530, Dr. Sachin Kale wrote:
> > Still I get echo $PATH as
> > 
> > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/
> > X11
> > 
> > But in etc/profile I have set it as -
> > 
> > PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games:/usr/lib/po
> > stgresql/bin:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/bin"
> > 
> > Why this difference ?
> 
> Something else is setting $PATH. You'll need to grep through (a) files
> in /etc and (b) files in your home directory (the latter probably
> beginning with '.') to find out what.

Oh yes, read 'man bash'. Really. There is an excellent "INVOCATION"
section that tells you exactly what happens when bash starts. If you
understand this your life will probably be simpler.

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]



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