From: Joachim Trinkwitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > since some time (on several machines with newest woody) I get an error > message when logged in as root (not as a normal user): > > invalid character 32 in exportstr for export PATH > > This happens with all commands where bash is involved. In my PATH are > the common directories, echo $PATH gives > "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin: > /usr/bin/X11" > > It's not doing any harm, but it's annoying anyway ... > > What's happening and how to avoid this message?
Character 32 is a space. Have you somehow got a space in your PATH? Try echo "[$PATH]" and look out for spaces. (The brackets will help you see spaces at the start and end...) Paul.