Setting $PATH to include /home at login??

smurphy · 08-07-2001, 02:02 PM

I'm trying to set the $PATH variable to include /home at login so I can run scripts from my home directory.
I have tried updating: /etc/profile, it read PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/steve" (no joy)
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit read PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/home/steve (no joy)
included . /home/steve/myenv (script which changes PATH manually) in /etc/rc.d/rc.local (no joy)
I have rebooted after each update expecting $PATH to have changed without success.
What am I doing wrong???

thewalledcity · 08-07-2001, 05:28 PM

The files that reside in /etc are mostly for system wide configuration. What you need to do is edit ~/.bash_profile.
There should already be a line like:

PATH=$PATH:
Add your home directory after the colon and make sure that later in the same file there is a line

export PATH

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smurphy · 08-08-2001, 01:23 PM

yeah, i tried adding /home/steve to my .bash_profile file but that didn't work either, that was when i went for the /etc options.
any other ideas??

smurphy · 08-08-2001, 02:46 PM

i've found it. i added PATH=$PATH:/home/steve to ~/.bashrc and it came up. at last!!