[wplug] PATH housekeeping

[Brian S Woolstrum]

Make sure to check out the directory /etc/profile.d if it exists on your
system, since /etc/profile usually ends up calling scripts that it finds
in there.

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Weber, Larry A wrote:

> I have been trying to clean up the default $PATH.  Currently there are
> duplicate directory searches that I would like to clean out.  I have
> searched /etc but cannot find a file(s) that set $PATH to the value echoed.
> Even if there are multiple files building it, the segments don't match up.
> I am using RH7.1 and find $PATH being set (absolutely or conditionally) in
> several places, particularly in /etc rc.sysinit, profile, and csh.login, and
> anacrontab.  Again, none of these, or any combination, are building the
> default $PATH.
>
> I have installed updated versions of some of the tools that were installed
> by the distro (gcc, and others).  I don't want to blow away the original yet
> so I installed them into /usr/local/.  I would like the new versions to be
> found first.  I have considered three ways, alias, ln, and changing the path
> search order.  Whatever I do, I don't want to have to redo every time I open
> a terminal or reboot.  And it would be nice if it where the same for all
> users.  Any suggestions as to the best way?
>
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