Store PATH variable permanently

Skute · 01-06-2004, 09:29 AM

Hi,

every time i boot up (using a root account, yes yes i know its bad but this is only a test machine) i have to retype some of my PATH variable

It starts off as:

/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/root/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/games:/opt/gnome/bin:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin

And then i have todo:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/OpenPegasus/bin:/opt/OpenPegasus/lib

Is there an easier way to commit this variable permanently? Im using SUSE 9.0

Cheers

keegan · 01-06-2004, 09:46 AM

you can try putting PATH stuff in your .bash_profile. look here for more info.

Skute · 01-07-2004, 03:40 AM

Hmm, seems to be mandrake specific...

Anyone know howto accomplish the same thing on SUSE (9.0) ?

(I have no .bash_profile in my root directory, or a /etc/.profile)

ashamril · 01-07-2004, 03:57 AM

after some googling,

depend on the "shell" you are using.
.bashrc & .profile correspond to bash
.login & .cshrc correspond to csh

bashrc and cshrc are parsed everytime a user opens up a
new shell of the corresponding type. profile and login are parsed only if
the shell is being opened because someone's logging in. So, if you modify
the PATH in profile, for example, don't expect the change to be evident when
opening an xterm. For this reason, you'll probably want to make most changes
to the bashrc or cshrc files.

Skute · 01-07-2004, 03:59 AM

cheers

got it in /root/.bashrc and it works fine now

kleptophobiac · 01-13-2004, 05:37 PM

running slack 9.1... how do I make the change permanent to all users? I have added it to the appropriate rc. files, but my path is still wrong.

Hangdog42 · 01-13-2004, 08:35 PM

For Slackware you can add it to your /etc/profile file.

kleptophobiac · 01-15-2004, 03:03 PM

will that be global, not just one user?

mikshaw · 01-15-2004, 04:05 PM

if it's in /etc it's global
if it's in /home/username it's just for that user, and generally overrides the global settings for that user.