[wplug] SuSE PATH

[Vanco, Don]

As a general rule changes that affect X should either not be done while X is running or you should log all the way out and restart the login deamon.  Would be in interesting test of "the SuSE way" to see if this actually works (-vs- a reboot).
 
Don

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	From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org on behalf of Wise, Jeremey 
	Sent: Wed 5/5/2004 3:26 PM 
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	Subject: RE: [wplug] SuSE PATH
	
	

	Ok it was as simple as modification of /etc/profile but it wasn't
	working in that I was using xterms and even though I would open a new
	window it would not (for some reason) parse the new path. I will have to
	ASSume that it is pulling the path from X.
	
	In short, reboot fixed it.
	
	
	On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 13:20, Vanco, Don wrote:
	> I should mention that this is a function of bash.....
	>
	>       -----Original Message-----
	>       From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org on behalf of Vanco, Don
	>       Sent: Wed 5/5/2004 1:20 PM
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	>       Subject: RE: [wplug] SuSE PATH
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	>       >SuSE does not appear to have the concept of ~/.bash_profile
	>       Did you try making one?
	>      
	>       ibid = ditto, repeat, as above, etc (abbreviation for "ibidem";Latin for "in the same place" )
	>      
	>               -----Original Message-----
	>               From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org on behalf of Wise, Jeremey
	>               Sent: Wed 5/5/2004 1:15 PM
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	>               Subject: RE: [wplug] SuSE PATH
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	>               SuSE does not appear to have the concept of ~/.bash_profile.
	>             
	>               ? ibid? Guess i'm a little slow today. As for /etc/profile I tried
	>               modifying this on a RedHat 9 box and it does work the file structure
	>               references a function called "pathmunge" but it looked straight forward.
	>             
	>               On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 13:00, Vanco, Don wrote:
	>               > > 1) What is the proper way to add a new path?
	>               > system wide: /etc/profile
	>               > per user: ~/.bash_profile
	>               >
	>               > > 2) Where is the path held or parsed that X uses?
	>               > ibid
	>               >
	>               >       -----Original Message-----
	>               >       From: wplug-bounces+don.vanco=agilysys.com at wplug.org on behalf of Wise, Jeremey
	>               >       Sent: Wed 5/5/2004 12:55 PM
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	>               >       Cc:
	>               >       Subject: [wplug] SuSE PATH
	>               >    
	>               >    
	>               >
	>               >       I installed Mozilla on SuSE 9.0 and for some reason it does not have the
	>               >       PATH available for my user in a shell (though it works in X). I thought
	>               >       you could add path entries in /etc/profile for the whole system.
	>               >    
	>               >       Ex:
	>               >    
	>               >       vi /etc/profile
	>               >    
	>               >       ...snip...
	>               >       # Make path more comfortable
	>               >       #
	>               >       if test -z "$PROFILEREAD" ; then
	>               >           PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/bin:/usr/local/mozilla
	>               >           for dir in $HOME/bin/$CPU $HOME/bin ; do
	>               >               test -d $dir && PATH=$dir:$PATH
	>               >           done
	>               >           test "$UID" = 0 && PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:$PATH
	>               >           for dir in  /var/lib/dosemu \
	>               >                       /usr/games \
	>               >                       /opt/bin \
	>               >                       /opt/gnome/bin \
	>               >                       /opt/kde3/bin \
	>               >                       /opt/kde2/bin \
	>               >                       /opt/kde/bin \
	>               >                       /usr/openwin/bin \
	>               >                       /opt/cross/bin
	>               >           do
	>               >               test -d $dir && PATH=$PATH:$dir
	>               >           done
	>               >           unset dir
	>               >           export PATH
	>               >       fi
	>               >    
	>               >    
	>               >       Where I would just apend "/usr/local/mozilla \" at the end of the list.
	>               >       It does not work. I have tried to poke around in ~/ with no luck.
	>               >    
	>               >       Question:
	>               >       1) What is the proper way to add a new path?
	>               >    
	>               >       2) Where is the path held or parsed that X uses?
	>               >    
	>               >       --
	>               >       Call if you have any questions.
	>               >    
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