Add to existing path environment

explorer · 04-16-2004, 04:49 PM

I did my first fedora 1 install today, went smooth and easy. First thing I noticed (after using mandrake 9.1 for a year or so) is that there is nothing I need in my path - I have to search and find every command and type in the entire path to the command that I want to run - my fingers are getting tired. I already have a pretty long path enviroment statement. How can I concatenate my existing path statement with additional entries without having to retype it all ? Thanks !

david_ross · 04-16-2004, 04:54 PM

You can use:
PATH=/path/to/new/path:$PATH

explorer · 04-16-2004, 05:00 PM

Great - will the change stick or will that only work for this session ?

ALSO - I made the change and checked it with set, and it did change, however, when I type in a command that is now in my path, I STILL have to type in the entire path and commandname explicitly - what else do I need to do.....Getting tired of all this searching and typing.......:-))

david_ross · 04-16-2004, 05:04 PM

It will only stay for that shell. You can put it in your ~/.bashrc file so it get set on each login.

explorer · 04-16-2004, 05:22 PM

I've added /sbin to the path, yet I still have to type in /sbin/commandname to run anything in that directory. Is there an option that forces the path and command to be typed in explicitly ?

david_ross · 04-16-2004, 05:27 PM

There shouldn't be - what does the output of:
echo $PATH

show you? Is it definately there?