You would omit the "$PATH:" part of the statement. In your example below,
change it to read:

PATH=/usr/games

At 04:30 AM 4/18/00 -0700, Eddis JEfferson wrote:
>So how, if one wanted to, would they eclipse and
>rewrite all of the path values from the command line
>if they wanted to?  If they DIDN'T want to keep the
>current settings?
>
>--- Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >What is the purpose of the first PATH in the
>> following
>> >statement? 
>> >
>> >PATH=$PATH:/usr/games

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