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| mindmesh 2003-12-15, 12:44 pm |
| How do you permanently edit $PATH ? | |
| Papiya 2003-12-15, 12:49 pm |
| # vi /etc/profile | |
| Boulware5 2003-12-15, 1:02 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by mindmesh
How do you permanently edit $PATH ?
If you do it in /etc/profile it will be global (for all users). You can put it in .bashrc for just you. Add something like this:
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:..... <-- add your path here, separate by ":" | |
| mindmesh 2003-12-15, 1:02 pm |
| Thanks guys. I appreciate the help. I'll be buggin you guys again soon. | |
| Papiya 2003-12-15, 2:23 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Boulware5
If you do it in /etc/profile it will be global (for all users). You can put it in .bashrc for just you. Add something like this:
PATH=$PATH:/sbin:..... <-- add your path here, separate by ":"
Don't forget to "export" the variable if you want it to be available to all subshells. | |
| mindmesh 2003-12-15, 3:06 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by Papiya
Don't forget to "export" the variable if you want it to be available to all subshells.
initially I used:
export PATH=$PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
but it didn't stick after I logged out. Should I have put this command in the .bashrc itself rather then typing it at the command line? | |
| Boulware5 2003-12-15, 3:43 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by mindmesh
initially I used:
export PATH=$PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin
but it didn't stick after I logged out. Should I have put this command in the .bashrc itself rather then typing it at the command line?
If you don't put it in a startup file, it will only be good for that session. When you log out it will be gone. | |
| mindmesh 2003-12-15, 3:53 pm |
| Thats what I thought.. Works great now. Thanks again. |
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