OK, I once thought I understood this but now I guess I do not.
If I run "env", my path appears thus:
PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:
/opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:
/home/praedor/bin:/usr/local/mozilla:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-13/
jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/usr/X11R6/bin:
/opt/IBMJava2-13/jre/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games
As you can see there are redundant entries for just about everything.
If I look at /etc/profile, there is nothing there to cause this, as its
entries are in no way duplicates of my personal .bash_profile path.
Where is this all coming from? I want everything in the path to appear ONCE
and I want everything in it EXCEPT my home directory to appear globally.
If not profile and .bash_profile, then what file am I looking for that
creates the global path environment?
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Praedor
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Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain
