Hi Mike, On 8/7/07, Mike McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>$ export PATH=~/scripts:$PATH > <SNIP> > > Well, I combined two commands into one. > > $ x=y > sets an environment variable x to value y. > $ export x > makes x available to all subprocesses in the tree which get created > after the export. > > $ export x=y > > does both at the same time. Thanks for explaining. To be honest, I didn't notice. > I just found out that if I add my dir to /etc/profile it's available every > > time. > > Umm, not where I would have put it. That affects every user. > I'd put it into ~/.bash_profile because I use bash. That way > it would affect only me. If another user doesn't use bash as > his shell, then he'll break. > Others also advised against modifying /etc/profile. So I reset it to its original state and placed export PATH=~/scripts:$PATH at the end of ~/.bash_profile. All works well now. Thanks, Manon.
