Thanks Bret. Adding to the user's bash file would only affect the $PATH for that user though... but as it's only really needed for root at the console presently then this will do. There must be some way of setting it globally I should think.
Thanks Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: Re: RH 7.2 Path ? > On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 05:23, Irvine Russell wrote: > > 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. > > > > I think that the user's .bash_profile is actually where this was > intended to be you should be able to add your path extension to the line > already there. > > There is something about when bashrc gets called vs whe profile does but > I forget and have never actually run into an issue with it. > > Bret > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
