Thanks for the suggestion, but it doesn't work. It seems Mandrake handles the path differently. I'm attaching /etc/profile. Notice that at the end of the file I added the PATH line. I also put in an ECHO so I'd know if it was working. I do get the echo and the path **seems** to now include the added directory I wanted. But, when I type **echo $PATH** in a terminal window (after seeing the echoed line), the path **does not** include my directory. Another strange thing is that in the original Mandrake /etc/profile there's another PATH line (5 lines before the end). This line adds /usr/games to the path, but also has no effect. On 12-Nov-2000 Sagi Bashari wrote: > Simple, add that line to /etc/profile. > > On Sun, 12 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is going to sound like a silly question, but after looking in every >> HOWTO >> I could think of and even on the net, I still can't find the answer to what >> must be a very trivial question. >> >> How do I add a directory to the PATH? I want to add a directory that >> contains >> all sorts of scripts I use regularly. I tried: >> >> PATH=$PATH:/data1/perl; export PATH >> >> but that only adds the directory to the terminal session I'm in - I want >> this >> **always** added to the path when I boot. >> >> TIA >> >> //------------------------- >> Shlomo Solomon >> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://come.to/shlomo.solomon >> Date: 12-Nov-2000 Time: 19:01:34 >> >> Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 7.0 machine >> //------------------------- >> >> ================================================================= >> To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >> the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command >> echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > _ > ___ __ _ __ _(_) Sagi Bashari > (_-</ _` / _` | | - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > /__/\__,_\__, |_| > |___/ > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] //------------------------- Shlomo Solomon E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://come.to/shlomo.solomon Date: 23-Nov-2000 Time: 16:59:38 Message sent by XFMail on a LINUX Mandrake 7.2 machine //------------------------- ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
