On 20 May 2013 17:07, "sindrome" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Some are just document directories in my home. Do you have a suggested
PATH that I can use

Default PATH is good, from /etc/profile.

Adding ~/bin won't hurt, if you like that.

Chris

> On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Chris Rees <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 20 May 2013 16:53, "sindrome" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > echo $PATH
>> >
/bin:/usr/lib:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/lib32/compat:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/sindrome/.gnupg:/home/sindrome/bin:/home/sindrome/docs:/home/sindrome/docs/info:/home/sindrome/docs/config:/sbin:/bin:/etc:/usr/local/etc::/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:.
>>
>> Why is there so much there??  You really need to strip that down, and
your problems probably stem from the . in there.
>>
>> Also /usr/X11R6 is a symlink to /usr/local, so you can remove that too.
>>
>> Lib, lib32/compat, /usr/local/etc are inappropriate for PATH, they don't
contain programs you should normally execute.
>>
>> Chris
>
>
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