Ah thank-you, yes fish_user_paths is what I was looking for, and vaguely remembered reading.
For reference, the best docs seem to be: http://fishshell.com/docs/2.0/#variables-special https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/527#issuecomment-13811988 http://fishshell.com/tutorial.html # no anchor; see the $PATH section Michael On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 5:55 AM, Siteshwar Vashisht <[email protected]> wrote: > Instead of directly modifying value of PATH in config file you should add a > new > fish_user_paths universal variable which contains list of all the paths which > you want to add to PATH. For e.g. > > set -U fish_user_paths ~/foo/ ~/bar/ > > Now Fish will automatially add above listed directories to PATH. > > On Sunday 18 Aug 2013 12:25:12 AM Michael Stillwell wrote: >> What's the recommended way to add a directory to $PATH? It seems like >> a simple task, but I'm having trouble preventing the directory from >> being added multiple times every time I spawn a subshell, and making >> the new path available to child processes... >> >> I'd also like the same code to work on OS X and Linux. fish is my >> login shell on both. >> >> >> >> >> Michael >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -- Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! >> It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. >> Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. >> Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk >> _______________________________________________ >> Fish-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users > -- > Regards, > Siteshwar Vashisht ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get 100% visibility into Java/.NET code with AppDynamics Lite! It's a free troubleshooting tool designed for production. Get down to code-level detail for bottlenecks, with <2% overhead. Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897031&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fish-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fish-users
