On 4 Nov 2008 at 9:20, walter harms wrote: Date sent: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:20:16 +0100 From: walter harms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copies to: [email protected] Subject: Re: Initial Path - Question...
> > > Denys Vlasenko schrieb: > > On Monday 03 November 2008 22:33, Michael D. Setzer II wrote: > >>>> I added an export to command to the .bash_profile to fix the issue, but > >>>> was > >>>> wondering if there is a better way, or if this is how things are suppose > >>>> to > >>>> be. Not sure where the PATH value is set. > >>> We usually inherit one in the environment from whatever program ran us. > >>> > >>> We used to use _PATH_STDPATH out of /usr/include/paths.h but now there's > >>> a > >>> hand-wired definition of bb_PATH_root_path[] in libbb/messages.h for some > >>> reason, and that's what ash sets its varinit_data[] to. If it's ever > >>> checking the environment it inherits to see if PATH is already set, I > >>> can't > >>> find where... > >> That appears to be what I was looking for. The busybox does the init for > >> the boot up on the > >> cd, so it is setting the path that is used by everything. > >> > >> http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Path.html#s4 > >> > >> Shows > >> =============== > >> 4. Init > >> > >> Init is a parent process for all the other processes of the system. Other > >> processes inherit > >> environment of the init process and the path is the init path in the rare > >> case that no other path > >> is set. > >> > >> The 'init path' is fixed in the source of the init program and it is: > >> > >> /usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > >> > >> Note that init path does not contain /usr/local/bin. > >> ================== > >> > >> The message.c shows it as: > >> "PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin" > >> > >> The libbb.h has a comment that showed: > >> util-linux manpage says /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > >> > >> But in either case, I would still need to add /usr/lcoal/bin anyway.. > >> But now I at least know where it is defined?? > > > > No need to hack on C code. Here, shell scripts work best. > > > > Have a smallish shell script somewhere in between (or instead) init > > and other stuff you run. You can set there whatever PATH you want, > > and two gazillion other useful things. > > > > -- > > vda > > hi vda you are totaly right. > but Michael has a valid point: > /usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin > IMHO this path should NOT include /usr/local/sbin. > system stuff is should always remain in > /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin > what is accidentally the default path. > if this is your idea we should include /usr/local/sbin AND /usr/local/bin. > > Micheal can you please verify that your BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH is empty ? > Here you can specify an additional search path. In looking at the messages.c it seems if not defined, it is set to blank #ifndef BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH #define BB_ADDITIONAL_PATH "" #endif I've just added to the .bash_profile export PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin That seems to work... > > re, > wh > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------+ Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor Guam Community College Computer Center mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.guam.net/home/mikes Guam - Where America's Day Begins +----------------------------------------------------------+ http://setiathome.berkeley.edu (Original) Number of Seti Units Returned: 19,471 Processing time: 32 years, 290 days, 12 hours, 58 minutes (Total Hours: 287,489) [EMAIL PROTECTED] CREDITS SETI 6,734,950.2088 | EINSTEIN 2,081,957.9009 | ROSETTA 668,226.5637 _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
