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Cichlid · 03-21-2004, 11:50 AM

Hello,

I'm running SUSE 8.0.

I know how to add a directory to my $PATH with the export command. But what if I wish to remove a directory from $PATH? Is there a way to do this? Also, I was once told that if I wanted to manually edit my $PATH, I would goto my .profile in my home directory. Yet, this does not seem to be the case.

Thanks,

Erik

Ice9 · 03-22-2004, 03:20 AM

You have to edit .bash_profile in your home directory.
Remove any line you want from your $path and save the file.

Cichlid · 03-22-2004, 06:45 PM

Oh yes, I have heard of this file. I do not have this file? I'm not sure of why. One person tells me that each distro tends to have a few different ways of working.

Thanks a lot though.

darthtux · 03-22-2004, 07:01 PM

echo $PATH

then create the file .bash_profile and put this line in it

PATH=[list from echo $PATH command]

Then you can remove a directory from the list

Ice9 · 03-23-2004, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Oh yes, I have heard of this file. I do not have this file

You should have it but it's a hidden file, notice the . in front of it?
In a terminal type
$ kedit /home/your_user_ID/.bash_profile

Of course you can replace kedit with your favorite editor.

Cichlid · 03-23-2004, 07:48 PM

Yes, I am aware of the hidden files with the "." in front. Maybe someone else that is also running SuSE can confirm if their setup is the same?

Thanks for the help.