Simple, add that line to /etc/profile. On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > This is going to sound like a silly question, but after looking in every HOWTO > I could think of and even on the net, I still can't find the answer to what > must be a very trivial question. > > How do I add a directory to the PATH? I want to add a directory that contains > all sorts of scripts I use regularly. I tried: > > PATH=$PATH:/data1/perl; export PATH > > but that only adds the directory to the terminal session I'm in - I want this > **always** added to the path when I boot. > > TIA > > //------------------------- > Shlomo Solomon > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://come.to/shlomo.solomon > Date: 12-Nov-2000 Time: 19:01:34 > > Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 7.0 machine > //------------------------- > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ ___ __ _ __ _(_) Sagi Bashari (_-</ _` / _` | | - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /__/\__,_\__, |_| |___/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]