On 2006-04-26 16:06:20, John Stumbles wrote: > Felix C. Stegerman wrote: > > >I personally use .xsession / .xinitrc to start a custom X session and > >add ~/bin to my $PATH in there. > >To do the same with GNOME, you can edit ~/.gnomerc. > >To do the same with KDE, you can create a new executable file in > >~/.kde/env and set $PATH in there. > > Doesn't work for me. I created > $ mkdir .kde/env > $ lsl .kde/env/ > total 12 > drwxr-xr-x 2 bart bart 4096 Apr 26 15:56 . > drwx------ 5 bart bart 4096 Apr 26 15:54 .. > -rwxr-xr-x 1 bart bart 170 Apr 26 15:56 setpath > -rw-r--r-- 1 bart bart 0 Apr 26 15:56 setpath-20060426155614 > > $ cat .kde/env/setpath > #!/bin/bash > # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists > if [ -d ~/bin ] ; then > PATH=~/bin:"${PATH}" > fi > touch ~/.kde/env/setpath-`date '+%Y%m%d%H%M%S'` > > The tag file (setpath-20060426155614) was created by me running the > script manually after creating it. I then logged out of my kde session > and logged in again: no new tag file, no extension to $PATH
Try renaming `setpath' to `setpath.sh'. Felix -- Felix C. Stegerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature." -- R. Kulawiec -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]