hey Shan
u can set the PATH var in /etc/profile. just add the reqd
directory to the previous PATH string. remember, the delimiter in UNIX is
: and not ; like in DOS.
and yes echo $PATH is a more graceful way of checking it's value
him:)
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On 7 Nov 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi all,
> Could anyone of you please tell me how to set PATH variable at startup ? How is
>it set to default that I use to see on set | grep "PATH"
>
> Is there any substitute for (.profile), something like AUTOEXEC.bat in DOS/WIN
>which globally affects the system.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Shantanu.
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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