Settiing paths for bash

jgoggel · 07-23-2004, 04:13 AM

Hi there,
I have found out that there are many files named .bashrc.

If I want to add a PATH for example to avoid ./ when I want to compile C programs from a current directory, to which .bashrc exactly do I need to add PATH=$PATH: <whatever path>
Regards,
Jonathan

pycoucou · 07-23-2004, 06:12 AM

There is only one .bashrc called .bashrc. Another conf file for bash is .bash_profile. I know there is a slight difference between the two while one is executed for remote login and the other for local login (or something like that).

Maybe, it's what you need: to define the path in .bash_profile. To avoid to handle two similar file, I'll advise you to use a symbolic link from one to the other.

whansard · 07-23-2004, 07:14 AM

the one in your home directory.

jdruin · 07-23-2004, 08:24 AM

whansard is exactly right about your own login. To affect all users, put the same PATH=$PATH: <whatever path> code in the "/etc/profile" file.

keefaz · 07-23-2004, 08:41 AM

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If I want to add a PATH for example to avoid ./ when I want to compile C programs from a current directory

You can always use :

export PATH=$PWD:$PATH
Then run your program without ./