[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: >Edit a ~/.bashrc file to add /usr/local/bin to your PATH.
Hi Alex, Easier said than done for a non-unix expert. Correct me if I am wrong. Bash looks at the contents of the PATH variable to decided which directories it should scan when parsing a command. If I type "Python -v", it will look in all of those directories for a file called "Python" and then execute it, passing it the -v parameter. Right? I've been googling around for about an hour now, and I can't find any instructions on how to create or edit a .bashrc file. I tried to make one of my own using bash and nano, but got stuck with the save command. It looks like I am supposed to use the "M-O" command to save it in Mac format, but I have no idea how to type that. A search of the nano docs for "M-O" didn't turn up anything either. I also tried to make a .bashrc file on my Windows box and copy it to my Mac, but the Finder gave me an error message saying that I'm not allowed to make files that begin with a dot. Is there a web page somewhere that explains this? Thanks, Matt -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
