On Wed, 2008-05-21 at 10:31 -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?? > > Thanks, > Greg Sieranski > Check the paths added in /etc/profile. -- ======================================================================= Commoner's three laws of ecology: (1) No action is without side-effects. (2) Nothing ever goes away. (3) There is no free lunch. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list