Paths

[Rodney Kanno]

Joel,

K I got it working now..great! What other stuff can be put in the ~/.bashrc 
file?

Thanks,
Rodney

On Monday 03 September 2001 03:21 pm, you wrote:
> 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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