On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 11:53 +0530, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > On 4/21/06, Levin Fritz <levinfritz@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > When I do the below I get > > > > > > []$ export PATH=$PATH:/u/ponnuramw/aol/sns/build/WEB-INF/ > > > Bad : modifier in $ (/). > > > []$ > > > > What's the value of $PATH before you enter this command? Maybe there's > > something funny in there already. > > > > Also, which shell is this? (You can find out with "echo $SHELL") > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > Hi Levin > > []$ echo $PATH > /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin > []$ echo $SHELL > /bin/tcsh That would explain it. The C Shell has very different syntax. Why are you using it? The C Shell equivalent is: $ setenv PATH $PATH:/u/ponnuramw/aol/sns/build/WEB-INF Paul.