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Re: path



Hi

Maybe you use a variant of csh (tcsh)? If so, change path, not PATH,
in /etc/csh.cshrc .

solomon@barak-online.net wrote:
> 
> As I wrote before, I'd forgotten to attach /etc/profile, but if you look at my
> second message with the attachment, you'll see that I did export the path after
> setting it. So that's not the problem.
> 
> On 23-Nov-2000 Sagi Bashari wrote:
> > you forgot to export it.
> > 
> > change PATH="" to export PATH="/usr/bin:blah:etc"
> > or just add export PATH after you set it.
> > 
> > On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 solomon@barak-online.net wrote:
> > 
> >> Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work. It seems Mandrake handles
> >> the path differently. I'm attaching /etc/profile. Notice that at the end of
> >> the
> >> file I added the PATH line. I also put in an ECHO so I'd know if it was
> >> working. I do get the echo and the path **seems** to now include the added
> >> directory I wanted.
> >>
> >> But, when I type **echo $PATH** in a terminal window (after seeing the
> >> echoed
> >> line), the path **does not** include my directory. Another strange thing is
> >> that in the original Mandrake /etc/profile there's another PATH line (5
> >> lines
> >> before the end). This line adds /usr/games to the path, but also has no
> >> effect.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12-Nov-2000 Sagi Bashari wrote:
> >> > Simple, add that line to /etc/profile.
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 solomon@barak-online.net wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> This is going to sound like a silly question, but after looking in every
> >> >> HOWTO
> >> >> I could think of and even on the net, I still can't find the answer to
> >> >> what
> >> >> must be a very trivial question.
> >> >>
> >> >> How do I add a directory to the PATH? I want to add a directory that
> >> >> contains
> >> >> all sorts of scripts I use regularly. I tried:
> >> >>
> >> >> PATH=$PATH:/data1/perl; export PATH
> >> >>
> >> >> but that only adds the directory to the terminal session I'm in - I want
> >> >> this
> >> >> **always** added to the path when I boot.
> >> >>
> >> >> TIA
> >> >>
> >> >> //-------------------------
> >> >> Shlomo Solomon
> >> >> E-Mail: solomon@barak-online.net
> >> >> http://come.to/shlomo.solomon
> >> >> Date: 12-Nov-2000   Time: 19:01:34
> >> >>
> >> >> Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 7.0 machine
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> >> >>
> >> >
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> >> Shlomo Solomon
> >> E-Mail: solomon@barak-online.net
> >> http://come.to/shlomo.solomon
> >> Date: 23-Nov-2000   Time: 16:59:38
> >>
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> > 
> >                _
> >  ___ __ _ __ _(_)     Sagi Bashari
> > (_-</ _` / _` | |      - sagi@aresworld.net
> > /__/\__,_\__, |_|
> >          |___/
> 
> //-------------------------
> Shlomo Solomon
> E-Mail: solomon@barak-online.net
> http://come.to/shlomo.solomon
> Date: 23-Nov-2000   Time: 17:25:37
> 
> Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 7.2 machine
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	didi


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