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Topic: Setting $PATH, Startup

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huti

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Posted: May 06 2005,00:25

Where/how can I change the PATH?

Wado (thanks)

mikshaw

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Posted: May 06 2005,01:47

you can change it anywhere.

Typically, for automatically setting variables, you'd do it in $HOME/.bash_profile, since that affects your initial login shell and all subsequent shells:
export PATH="$PATH:/a/new/path:/another/new/path"

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