Re: How to add dir to path

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@ieee.org>]

Hi,

        Here is how my path is set.  I use zsh.

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## What directories should we be looking for?
COMMON_SYS_DIRS=(/bin /usr/bin /sbin /usr/sbin /usr/local/sbin /usr/games)
case "$MY_SYS_TYPE" in
    hppa1.1-hp-hpux*)
        SYS_DIRS=(/bin/posix /usr/contrib/bin /usr/contrib/games)
        export MORE=-l
        ;;
    mips-dec-ultrix*)
    # Don't make useless coredump files.  If you want a coredump,
    # say "ulimit -c unlimited" and then cause a segmentation fault.
        ulimit -c 0; # ulimit only has afnp on HP's
        SYS_DIRS=( /usr/new /usr/ucb )
        export MORE=-l
        ;;
    alpha-dec-osf*)
        export MORE=-e;
        SYS_DIRS=( /usr/ucb /usr/local/bin/AF )
        ulimit -c 0; 
        ;;
    *)
        ;;
esac

SYS_BIN=( ${^COMMON_SYS_DIRS}(-/NF^M) ${^SYS_DIRS}(-/NF^M) )

# Default directories from my home 
DEFAULT_DIRS=($default_dir/bin/$MY_SYS_TYPE $default_dir/sbin $default_dir/bin)
MY_BIN=( ${^DEFAULT_DIRS}(-/NF^M) )

## Local directories
LOCAL_DIRS=(/usr/local/bin /usr/local/scripts)
LOCAL_BIN=( ${^LOCAL_DIRS}(-/NF^M) )

## Where to find the X stuff
X11_DIRS=( /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/X11R5/bin /usr/X386/bin 
           /usr/local/bin/X11 /usr/bin/X11) 
X11_BIN=( ${^X11_DIRS}(-/NF^M) )

## Where to find the TeX stuff
TEX_DIRS=(/usr/local/share/teTeX/bin/$MY_SYS_TYPE )
TEX_BIN=( ${^TEX_DIRS}(-/NF^M) )

path=( $MY_BIN $LOCAL_BIN $SYS_BIN $X11_BIN $TEX_BIN )
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        manoj
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