Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> 
> I have no idea how the equivalent of a DOS path variable
> works within Linux, nor do I know if something equivalent 
> exists.

It does.  Very similar to DOS.
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echo $PATH
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> Most Windows and DOS programs come with a README.  I don't
> know why they don't do the same thing for Linux programs.

It depends on the person who put together the package.  
Some come with READMEs, some don't.  It's a person-thing
not an OS-thing.

Cheers,
Steven

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