Hi Maybe you use a variant of csh (tcsh)? If so, change path, not PATH, in /etc/csh.cshrc . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As I wrote before, I'd forgotten to attach /etc/profile, but if you look at my > second message with the attachment, you'll see that I did export the path after > setting it. So that's not the problem. > > On 23-Nov-2000 Sagi Bashari wrote: > > you forgot to export it. > > > > change PATH="" to export PATH="/usr/bin:blah:etc" > > or just add export PATH after you set it. > > > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> 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] > >> > >> > > > > _ > > ___ __ _ __ _(_) Sagi Bashari > > (_-</ _` / _` | | - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > /__/\__,_\__, |_| > > |___/ > > //------------------------- > Shlomo Solomon > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://come.to/shlomo.solomon > Date: 23-Nov-2000 Time: 17:25:37 > > 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] > didi ================================================================= 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]
