Re: How To Permanently Add-to a Users PATH Statement in the Bash Shell

[Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net>]

Ahh, asked too soon. Thanks Greg.


On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 10:16:21AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 09:57:34AM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > The Subject line is the problem
> 
> Yeah.  The Subject: line reveals the problem: you believe that PATH is
> set primarily by your shell.
> 
> It's not.  It's set primarily by your method of login, and then by your
> session tools, whether those be a shell or a desktop environment.  A
> shell may have the final word in some setups, but in many cases,
> most of your environment is set before a shell is even executed.
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