Op 12-mrt-2007, om 21:52 heeft Ryan Schmidt het volgende geschreven:
On Mar 10, 2007, at 06:26, Elise van Looij wrote:
PATH=/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql:/opt/local/bin/mysql5:/usr/
local/mysql/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/
local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqladmin:/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql
My understanding of PATH is that it defines directories in which
binaries are looked for. Therefore "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/
mysql" is useless since that is a file, not a directory. Same goes
for "/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysqladmin" and the second "/opt/
local/lib/mysql5/bin/mysql".
I personally prefer to place the /opt directories before the
system's /usr and /bin directories in the path, so that if I
install newer versions of something using MacPorts which the OS
already provided older versions of, the new versions get used when
I ask for them, not the old ones.
My path, for your info and for comparison, is "/Users/rschmidt/bin:/
opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/local/lib/mysql5/bin:/usr/local/
bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin".
I hope you'll permit another stupid question. I can only find
instructions on how to add to my existing path, but not how to
replace it (my 3rd edition of Unix for Dummies, though usually
excellent at this kind of thing, falls short here). Should I type
into my Terminal:
sudo pico ~/.profile
and then
PATH=/Users/elisevanlooij/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/opt/
local/lib/mysql5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/
bin:/usr/sbin
?
Elise van Looij
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