Thanks again! By the way, i didn't create it at the root, it was just for the example. On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 10:22:48 -0500 (EST), Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 29 Jan 2005, Leandro Melo wrote: > > > Thanks Robert. > > However, i'm very new to linux and don't know shell scripting very well. > > How exactly would this script look like? > > As i said, i just want to add one of my folders to my path enviroment > > variable. Specifically, i got a directory called /myStuff that has > > some programs. I'd like to add this folder to my PATH variable so i > > can these programs from any folder i'm in. > > Thanks. > > first, take a look in /etc/profile.d. you'll see several files of > the form *.sh. just create a new one along those lines, with the > single line: > > PATH=/myStuff:$PATH > > (although i *strongly* discourage adding new directories at the root.) > > part of the login process (as long as you're using bash) is to > automagically run all of the scripts in that directory whose names are > of the pattern *.sh. > > rday > > -- Leandro
