$PATH

[glenn greenfield]

----- Original Message -----
From: Pedro Regis <>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:20:01 -0300
To: "glenn greenfield" <rickenbacherus@linuxmail.org>
Subject: path will be correct

> Glenn,
> 
> How may I do this command  press EscZZ]?
>   [make the changes by moving to the line, press "i" to insert, type the
> line, press EscZZ]
> 
> 
> $ cat .bash_profile
> # .bash_profile
> 
> # Get the aliases and functions
> if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
>         . ~/.bashrc
> fi
> 
> # User specific environment and startup programs
> 
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin:/sbin:$HOME/binexport PATH
> 
> unset USERNAME
> 
> =========================
> 
> I changed my .bash_profile so that the sbin directories are ALWAYS on my
> PATH.
> 
> $ cd
> $ vi .bash_profile
>   [make the changes by moving to the line, press "i" to insert, type the
> line, press EscZZ]


> 
> Now, whenever you log in, your PATH will be correct.
> 

Hi Pedro,

So you are attempting to use vi. brrrr Sorry but I don't know vi at all.  In my experience it's about as friendly as a coiled rattlesnake! :)  Instead I like mc (midnight commander)- it's usually included with most distros and is much more intuitive and user friendly.  You do not however need to edit your bash_profile.  Instead simply execute these commands and your PATH will be set:

To find out what is currently in your path:

echo $PATH

Here's mine for example:

echo $PATH
/home/glenn/dist/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/games


To add a directory to your PATH simply execute this:

export PATH=$PATH:/name/of/directory

For example:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

will add /usr/sbin to your PATH.

HTH

I deleted your email address Pedro- sorry.
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