Hello.
Yes I did do an "export". It is prepended to the path statement in my own
.bash_profile AND it is in the path statement in /etc/profile.
My .bash_profile statement starts: export PATH=&PATH:/usr/local/BMRT/bin:...
etc. If I do this same thing from the commandline, it works and for that
session my BMRT directory is known. Reboot and it is lost. I also tried the
path.sh trick as described. Didn't work. I created the file, made it
executable, placed it in /etc/profile.d and rebooted. So...with all the
following I am still missing my desired additions to my path when I run "env":
PATH in /etc/profile contains /usr/local/BMRT/bin and it starts with
"export". My personal .bash_profile contains the same path statement
addtion. And finally, an executable placed in /etc/profile.d named "path.sh"
with the same path export statement all still fail to change my environment.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
Somewhere on this infernal box is a path statement which is setting it up for
me and all users. I cannot find it - I would like to change it so a few new
directories are in the path for all users. It used to be /etc/profile which
contained the penultimate path statement - but no more. Apparently,
.bash_profile doesn't serve any purpose (on my box at least). I have to
manually do an "export <desired path>" from a CLI to get it to change but
then, it is ONLY for that session.
On Sunday 24 June 2001 03:34 pm, you wrote:
> On Saturday 23 June 2001 12:05, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > So sprach Praedor S.Tempus am Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 09:41:36AM -0600:
> > > What is wrong here? What am I missing? Where is THE penultimate path
> > > statement located these days?
> >
> > The easiest/cleanest solution is to create a /etc/profile.d/path.sh,
> > which contains your path statement.
> >
> > Alexander Skwar
>
> I guess I'm concerned that with this release, the quickest cleanest way to
> do a lot of things is to deviate from the standard. One of the strenghts
> of Linux is that everything is where you expect to find it. Mandrake
> changing things around is a bad thing. Linux should be Linux, if you want
> to shield the user behind a dummy proof screen, cool; but on the other side
> of the screen should be the text files we have grown to know and love.
>
> A possibly silly question for Praedor S.Tempus, did you export the PATH?
>
> mg
> '
