On Sat, 2005-01-29 at 10:09 -0200, Leandro Melo wrote: > Hi, I want to add a folder to my PATH enviroment variable, then i > tought i could edit /etc/profile. <snip> The best course of action depends on the following, IMHO. If you want to change it for you only, add it to the $PATH in ~/.bash_profile. For new (future) users, put it in /etc/skel/.bash_profile. If it's in addition to the standard path needed by new software, put it in /etc/profile.d/ as a short shell script itself (the existing ones can be used as a guide). All users will inherit settings made in here. I'd be reluctant to mess with the /etc/profile file itself, as changes may break the shell or other software if done so incorrectly. Additionally, such a change would most likely be lost in a distro upgrade. Michael. -- Michael Fleming <mfleming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> WWW: http://www.enlartenment.com/ APT/YUM Repository for Fedora Core: http://www.enlartenment.com/packages.php "Bother" said the Borg, "We've assimilated Pooh!"
