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#1 2005-10-03 13:08:53

Southern_Trendkiller
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Registered: 2005-09-27
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$PATH - trouble

I have to set the $PATH variable to also include /opt/games.

How do i do that?

I tried adding
export $PATH="/opt/games" to my .bashrc, but that just gives me some errors. Can anybody tell me what i've done wrong?

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#2 2005-10-03 13:42:00

fdrebin
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Registered: 2005-04-25
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Re: $PATH - trouble

i think another way to edit your PATH is to add it to the /etc/profile - file

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#3 2005-10-03 13:49:14

Southern_Trendkiller
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Re: $PATH - trouble

Thanks man, that was just the file i was looking for  big_smile
Everything is working the way i want it, now.

Thanks again!
smile

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#4 2005-10-03 13:52:49

tomk
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Registered: 2004-07-21
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Re: $PATH - trouble

Wherever you do it, the command is

export PATH="/foo:/bar: (etc)"

Note no $ sign.

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#5 2005-10-03 16:59:34

sh__
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Re: $PATH - trouble

Southern_Trendkiller: your first attempt overrides the PATH variable completely. To add /opt/games to your path, the way to do it in bash is

export PATH="$PATH:/opt/games"

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#6 2005-10-04 05:03:10

Southern_Trendkiller
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Re: $PATH - trouble

oh... i was unaware of the fact that i was overriding the PATH variable that way. Thanks for pointing it out.

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#7 2006-02-07 00:38:45

RaLX
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Registered: 2005-10-17
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Re: $PATH - trouble

Hi, I'm just trying to set the PATH too, but I think this way will modify the PATH globally isn't?, what if I want to modify the PATH for my User account only, where I need to do it?

Thanks.

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#8 2006-02-07 01:01:16

Dusty
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