How to find the path statement.

swamprat · 11-09-2008, 08:14 PM

Hello all,

Could some one please tell me how to find the path statement for my user id. Can't seem to find the folder or menber where this might be.

Thanks.

abolishtheun · 11-09-2008, 08:19 PM

your path is an environment variable, and you can see what it is by doing "echo $PATH". It is not tied to your user account. It is generally set in /etc/profile and /home/youraccount/.profile (if you are using bash). To add something to your path, you can run the command "export PATH=/some/new/path/bin:$PATH" which effectively appends something to your path variable (again, this is for bash). To make this command run every time you log in, but it in your .profile file.

chrism01 · 11-09-2008, 11:31 PM

In bash its frequently .bash_profile

kevinalm · 11-09-2008, 11:43 PM

Also possibly in .bashrc

.bash_profile and .bashrc are 'sourced' in varying combination depending on the type of login. I don't recall the specifics atm. Anyway look at files beginning with . in the home directory of the user account in question.