Thanks Irvine, that seems to do the trick. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Irvine Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:23 AM Subject: Re: RH 7.2 Path ? > Mike Stewart kirjoitti 09.12.2002 kello 11:58: > > Hi there, a simple question from a simple newbie.... how/where do I > > set up > > the PATH ? I need to add a folder to it. > > > > I looked in etc/profile but that seems to pick up the path from > > somewhere > > else then add user's specific things to the original path ? > > Hei > > Didn't quite understand what you meant by: > "somewhere else then add user's specific things to the original path" > > I took a look at /etc/profile and didn't quite understand what it was up to. > > Anyway, if you want to set the path for a single user I would put it in that > user's ~/.bashrc. > > Make sure that that user's ~/.bash_profile sources .bashrc - that is has > something like the following in it: > > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then > . ~/.bashrc > fi > > Not sure if this is the best solution, but it should work. > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
