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Old 05-05-2004, 11:35 AM   #1
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Question Where to set system PATH variable

Hi @ all

Can someone tell me where the PATH-Variable is set? I need to add a folder to the system PATH Variable.

My Distro is Fedora Core 1

Thanks in advance.

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export PATH="insertdirectoryhere"
 
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and this will still be available after reboot???
 
Old 05-05-2004, 12:43 PM   #4
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You will have to put the command in /etc/profile for that to happen.
 
Old 05-05-2004, 01:46 PM   #5
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that's it!

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