I will assume that you are using the default shell (BASH). Your path gets set in your .bash_profile file. This HIDDEN file is in your home directory. i.e. /home/Donnie/.bash_profile -----Original Message----- From: Donnie Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 7:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Where is my $PATH coming from? I installed Linux Mandrake 7.1 and cannot find out where my users' PATH is coming from. I checked the .bash_profile, .bashrc, /etc/profile, and /etc/bashrc for the PATH statement. Everytime I saw an instance of it, I rem'd it, but I was still getting a PATH from somewhere. Does anyone have any ideas? FYI--My goal is to create the PATH in a file (/etc/PATH) and have the variable PATH=' cat /etc/PATH' <-if that is possible. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
