On Feb 20, 2013, at 3:22 AM, Harald Hanche-Olsen <[email protected]> wrote:

> ["Richard R. Cahilig" <[email protected]> (2013-02-19 22:39:32 UTC)]
> 
>> Sorry about the typo.
>> 
>> export PATH="/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH"
> 
> Another way to do that is to put this in a file in /etc/paths.d/:
> 
> /opt/local/bin
> /opt/local/sbin

These are not equivalent. Directory entries added via /etc/paths.d are tacked 
onto the *end* of the default PATH, while the quoted "export" statement adds 
them to the *beginning*. The latter is necessary if you want your shell to find 
MacPorts executables before system ones.

vq
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