Re: How to add dir to path

[Wayne Topa <linuxone@intergate.com>]

Mumia W..(paduille.4061.mumia.w+nospam@earthlink.net) is reported to have said:
> On 08/07/2007 10:32 AM, Manon Metten wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I want to add the dir ~/scripts to my path, what command do I use for that?
> >
> >M> echo $PATH
> >/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games
> >
> >But how do I add ~/scripts to that path?
> >
> >Thanks, Manon.
> >
> 
> I believe the correct way to do this is to set the path in ~/.bashrc. 
> Set it like so:
> 
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:$HOME/scripts
> 
> I've tried some of the other ways discussed in the thread, and they 
> didn't work. I hope this helps.

For an example of how to set the path statement, here is the default
in /etc/profile;
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# /etc/profile: system-wide .profile file for the Bourne shell (sh(1))
# and Bourne compatible shells (bash(1), ksh(1), ash(1), ...).

if [ "`id -u`" -eq 0 ]; then
  PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11"
else
  PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games"
fi
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NOTE the quotes in the path statement.

As regards KDE sessions.  If, when the path is set up or changed in
.bash_profile, it is not seen correctly by a new KDE session it means
that KDE doesn't read .bash_profile for new sessions.  Maybe that is
by design or it's a KDE bug.  As I do not use KDE, I can't
troubleshoot it or report it.  

So placement of of a PATH statement in .bashrc 'may' be required by
KDE or GNOME but, IMHO, does not mean it's correct.  Maybe KDE users
should try to see if putting a "Hello from /etc/profile" in
/etc/profile gets read by new KDE sessions.  If not, then I believe
its a bug in KDE.  

Wayne

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