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yalanop 01-27-2003 02:10 PM
Set environment variables, why it wont work?
 
I try the following

PHP Code:
set $PATH=$PATH+":/sbin:/usr/sbin:/." 
i then echo the path variable to see absolutely no change!

What can be goin wrong??

Thanx
:newbie: :confused:

acid_kewpie 01-27-2003 02:17 PM
this is bash yeah?

PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin

and if that' sbeing set inside a script, prefix the whole shebang with "export"

yalanop 01-27-2003 02:26 PM
Thanx man!

It's quite frustrating being a newbie!

yalanop 01-27-2003 05:24 PM
HELP AGAIN!!!!

How can I make the changes of the environment variables persist between logons???

I add
PHP Code:
export PATH=$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin 
in my .profile file in the home directory but it does not seem to work? Is there something else I should do???

acid_kewpie 01-27-2003 05:27 PM
.profile should be ok, but .bashrc is even more ok. try there


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