Paths

[joel]

Heh... I should've forseen that one ;-)

Yes. Setting any variable on the command line will only work for the terminal 
you are currently in. It lets you test changes, figure out how to configure 
stuff, and so on. To make a permanent change, something that will 
automatically be done every time you log on, get a new terminal, or whatever, 
just put the line at the end of your ~/.bashrc file.

So, for instance, if you're running X and KDE, you'd get to a terminal window 
and type:

kwrite ~/.bashrc

and at the bottom of the .bashrc file, you'd enter the change:

PATH=$PATH:/home/rodney/bin/

Save it, close it, you're set!

--Joel

On Monday 03 September 2001 03:08 am, Rodney Kanno wrote:
> Hi Joel
>
> Is PATH=$PATH:/home/rodney/bin/ just a temporary fix? Cause It seems to
> work only in the current terminal session. Once I close out of a terminal
> and come back in, it don't work anymore.
>
> Thanks,
> Rodney
>
> On Monday 03 September 2001 02:51 pm, you wrote:
> > If you wanted your /home/rodney/bin directory in your path, enter this at
> > the command line:
> >
> > PATH=$PATH:/home/rodney/bin/
> >
> > The first part of this will keep the existing path, and add
> > /home/rodney/bin at the end.
> >
> > --Joel
> >
> > On Monday 03 September 2001 02:42 am, Rodney Kanno wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > How do I set path statements in Linux Mandrake 8.0? I have a program
> > > within several subdirectories and it is quite a pain to switch to the
> > > directory everytime I want to start the program.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Rodney
> > >
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