Re: [Nolug] Adding directory to path

On Sat, 2002-08-17 at 11:36, Mike Raeder wrote:
> Dave Prentice wrote:
>
> > Can someone please tell me how to add a directory to the path in
> > RH7.x?
>
>
> You should be able to do that by editing your /home/username/.bashrc
> file if you only want that environment for yourself. If you'd like to
> set paths for a users, you can edit /etc/profile.
>
> You can also use the "set" command to dynamically set your $PATH
> environment.

More specifically, this is my .bash_profile:
  if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
    source ~/.bashrc
  fi
  if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then
      PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}"
  fi

It checks to see if ~/bin exists, and, if so, adds it to the
front of the PATH. For all you BASIC programmers:
  A$ = B$ + A$

Note that this is on a Debian box, so it may be The Debian Way, or
it may be how bash does it. I don't know...

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