Hi Mumia, On 8/10/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to add the dir ~/scripts to my path, what command do I use for > that? > > > > M> echo $PATH > > /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games > > > > But how do I add ~/scripts to that path? > > > > Thanks, Manon. > > > > I believe the correct way to do this is to set the path in ~/.bashrc. > Set it like so: > > PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games:$HOME/scripts > > I've tried some of the other ways discussed in the thread, and they > didn't work. I hope this helps. Thanks for your reply. I already discovered that adding it to .bash_profile doesn't work, but to .bashrc does. But someone told me it should belong in .bash_profile. Well, I don't know, but adding it to .bashrc works and I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one with this 'problem'. Manon.
