On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:56:11 -0500 (CDT)
Kevin Monceaux <Kevin at RawFedDogs.net> wrote:
> For bash like shells, which is probably what you're using, it would be:
>
> export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin
Just
PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin
will do. That sets the variable. The export command puts the variable
in the environment. And this is relevant because for older sh-like
shells, you can't do both at once, you have to set the variable (as
above) and then do:
export PATH
<mike
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