On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:31:44AM -0400, Sieranski, Greg wrote: > Chris G wrote: >> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:21:53AM -0400, Sieranski, Greg wrote: >> >>> I have the following in my .bash_profile >>> >>> CVS_RSH=ssh >>> DAISY_HOME=$HOME/src/quoininc.com/daisy/projects/daisy-2.0.1 >>> EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim >>> GREP_COLOR='1;32' >>> JAVA_HOME=$HOME/opt/jdk1.6.0_06 >>> PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$HOME/opt/hg:/sbin:$HOME/bin:$PATH >>> >>> export CVSROOT >>> export CVS_RSH >>> export DAISY_HOME >>> export EDITOR >>> export GREP_COLOR >>> export JAVA_HOME >>> export PATH >>> >>> alias grep='grep --color=always' >>> alias la='env LC_ALL=C ls --color=tty -I lost+found -Fla' >>> alias ll='env LC_ALL=C ls --color=tty -I lost+found -Fl' >>> alias ls='env LC_ALL=C ls --color=tty -I lost+found -F' >>> alias vi=$EDITOR >>> >>> PS1="[\w] " >>> case `id -u` in >>> 0) PS1="${PS1}# ";; >>> *) PS1="${PS1}$ ";; >>> esac >>> >>> >>> when I do echo $PATH I get: >>> >>> /home/gps/opt/jdk1.6.0_06/bin:/home/gps/opt/hg:/sbin:/home/gps/bin:/home/gps/opt/jdk1.6.0_06/bin:/home/gps/opt/hg:/sbin:/home/gps/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin >>> >>> if you notice I have the jdk, hg , ~/bin being added to the path twice. >>> Does anyone know why this is happening? >>> >>> >> I think you'll find that ~/bin at least is added by the default >> profile scripts in /etc. Maybe the others are too by some additions >> made when you install java etc. >> >> > I removed everything from the PATH so it's just PATH=$PATH and now I get > the following: > > /home/gps/opt/jdk1.6.0_06/bin:/home/gps/opt/hg:/sbin:/home/gps/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > which is what I wanted. I just don't understand how it is able to find > these without explicitly specifying them in the PATH?? > You are actually logging out and then logging back in between changes are you? (Silly question but then I've done some pretty silly things and puzzled myself no end!) -- Chris Green -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list