-Z,

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, Mr. Z wrote:

> How to I change the PATH?  I tried to use the command "set 
> PATH=PATH:/usr/sfw/bin" to add the /usr/sfw/bin folder to the existing 
> path. Doesn't seem to work.

What shell are you using?  I use tcsh and would achieve the above with:

set path = ($path /usr/sfw/bin)

For bash like shells, which is probably what you're using, it would be:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin

If you're not sure what shell you're using, try:

echo $SHELL


Kevin
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