rh7.1 environment variables (eg path)

dave_lane · 09-20-2001, 08:03 AM

i'm relativey new to linux (rh7.1 seawolf) and was wondering if you could please give me some advice as to which files to modify when i need to change the path...i've been told its .bashrc and/or .bash_profile and/or etc/ld.so.conf Which file(s) is it?

dorward · 09-20-2001, 09:05 AM

/etc/ld.so.conf contains a list of directories that the system should search for library files. You probably won't need to touch it.

~/.bashrc is a script run by the shell everytime you open a new session.

~/.bash_profile is a script run by the shell everytime you open a login session.

To set my PATH I have the following line in my ~/.bashrc:

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/david/bin:/opt/IBMJava2-13/bin

This will only work if you use bash for your shell.