Are you using bash at all? try adding that line to /etc/bashrc too. On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry - I forgot to attach /etc/profile in my previous post :-( > > > 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 > //------------------------- > _ ___ __ _ __ _(_) 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]
