Re: [newbie] What is Linux's Equivilant for 'PATH' (in DOS)?

[Axalon Bloodstone]

On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Sevatio Octavio wrote:

> In Dos you would put a "Path" statement in the autoexec file so that you could run 
>that program from any folder.  How would I do the
> same thing for Linux?
> 
> Seve

Ironicly, it's PATH

echo $PATH #will show it

export PATH="$PATH:/some/where:/somewhere/else" 
Will modify it (you'll need check you shell, this is for bash, someothers
use setenv)
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