Re: Where is a good reference for setting PATH in all the various shells
Claus Rasmussen <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.redhat.taroon |
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| Organization | SurfRay |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 22:43, Douglas Phillipson wrote: > Where might I find a good reference for setting the path variable in all > the different shells? You can edit /etc/profile file for the sh/ash/bash/ksh/zsh/whatever shells (but not csh/tcsh), although a better idea would be to put a pair of scripts into the /etc/profile.d directory. By placing scripts in the /etc/profile.d directory your customizations is secure from being overwritten by future system updates. > Why isn't there a single file that all shells > consult for common information like a default path? Probably a dumb > question... The sh family of shells and the csh family have quite different syntax for assigning environment variables. -Claus -- Taroon-beta-list mailing list [email protected] http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/taroon-beta-list