LinuxQuestions.org - PATH file location

at the console "echo $PATH" will show you all of the folders that are in your PATH, to add more folders to your PATH, just edit your .bashrc file, this is in your home directory. It should look something like this -

Code:

[shane@x1-6-00-07-e9-bd-83-cb shane]$ cat .bashrc

# .bashrc



# User specific aliases and functions



PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin:



JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin



alias owndir='find -type d -exec chmod -v 0755 {} \;'

alias ownfiles='find -type f -exec chmod -v 0644 {} \;'

alias m='mc -b'

alias pss='ps -A u'

alias fingerprint='metaflac --show-md5sum'

alias sbecheck='shntool len'



export PATH

export JAVA_HOME



# Source global definitions

if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then

        . /etc/bashrc

fi

To add to your path just edit this file and add a path after the ":" part on the "PATH" line. Like this -

Code:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2re1.4.2_04/bin:/usr/local/INSTALLED_STUFF: