Re: Where is a good reference for setting PATH in all the various shells

Look in the files already in /etc/profile.d

On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 15:37, Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> How about a couple of samples???
> 
> Thanks
> 
> DSP
> 
> Chris Kloiber wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:26, Ed Wilts wrote:
> > 
> >>On Wed, Sep 10, 2003 at 09:20:47AM -0700, Douglas Phillipson wrote:
> >>
> >>>Path is such a basic environment, it would be nice to have a 
> >>>/etc/defaultpath file where all paths are on a separate line and all 
> >>>shells would first consult this file.  Perhaps even a 
> >>>/etc/defaultrootpath /etc/defaultuserpath.  There are probably 20 good 
> >>>reasons this isn't a good idea, though I don't know what they are.
> >>
> >>The biggest reason is that every shell would have to be modified to
> >>consult this file.  One thing that could potentially happen (and you
> >>could write it yourself) is to modify the login script to read the file
> >>and update the path variable accordingly.
> >>
> >>In my experience, very few shells are actually in common use.  I'll
> >>venture a guess that on the vast majority of Linux systems, bash is the
> >>only interactive shell that's used.
> > 
> > 
> > Is there a problem with /etc/profile.d ?
> > 
> > It's easy to modify the path by dropping a pair of files in there, one
> > ending in ".sh" the other ending in ".csh" 
> > 
> 
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