On 21-Dec-1999 Wayne Topa wrote: > > Subject: Re: Setting Path ENV variable > Date: Sun, Dec 19, 1999 at 09:24:37PM -0800 > > In reply to:Andy Thomas > > Quoting Andy Thomas([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >>| ok.. I've found the .bashrc in /root and put the path statement into >>| there. >>| Yet is still gives only the standard path (login and type: set). Are >>| there multiple places where this needs to be set? >>| >>| The syntax is: >>| >>| PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/x11:/usr/code/c/util:/usr/code/ >>| c >>| /space:/etc/ppp:/etc/ppp/peers" > > The /etc/profile PATH statement is for everyone. To add _to_ that > PATH you should do the following in _your_ .bash_profile > > export PATH="PATH:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/x11:"
I have this but with PATH="$PATH:/usr/etc....." Should I remove the "$"? -- Andrew
