Re: PATH confusion in BASH

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Rodrigo Agerri wrote:

> Kent West wrote:
>  
>
> > In /etc/profile are these statements (they're the only path-related 
> > statements in this file):
> >
> >    
> >
> > > PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
> > > export PATH
> > >      
> > I do not have a ~/.bash_login nor a ~/.profile. There are no 
> > path-related statements in my ~/.bashrc, and the only path-related 
> > statements in my ~/.bash_profile are these:
> >
> >    
> >
> > > # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> > > if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
> > >   PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
> > > fi
> > >      
> > (Interestingly, I don't see an "export PATH".)
> >    
>
> Did you look at /etc/bash.bashrc?
>  
westk[@westkent]:/home/westk:> cat /etc/bash.bashrc
# System-wide .bashrc file for interactive bash(1) shells.

# If running interactively, then:
if [ "$PS1" ]; then

   # set a fancy prompt (overwrite the one in /etc/profile)
   PS1='\u@\h:\w\$ '

   # check the window size after each command and, if necessary,
   # update the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
   shopt -s checkwinsize

   # enable bash completion in interactive shells
   #if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ]; then
   #    . /etc/bash_completion
   #fi
fi