[wplug] PATH problem with Bash

[Mackenzie Morgan]

Er...you know it's not instant, right?  It'll affect newly opened terminals
only.  To make it rescan the .bashrc, type "source ~/.bashrc"

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:41 AM, Zach <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Mackenzie Morgan <macoafi at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I think you have to actually use ${HOME} not ~
>
> Ok I changed my .bashrc but I still do not see $HOME/bin show up in my
> $PATH. Here is what I have now:
>
> # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
> if [ -d ${HOME}/bin ] ; then
>    PATH=${HOME}/bin:"${PATH}"
> fi
>
>
> PATH=/usr/local/java2/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/contrib/bin:/afs/club.cc.cmu.edu/usr/chaos/bin:"${PATH}"
>
> And here is the PATH:
>
> chaos at tellurium:~$ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
>
> Seems like it is just using some system defaults and not even adding
> in anything from the PATH I have defined.
>
> Zach
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