Subj : Path
To   : DesotoFireflite
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jun 15 2015 12:50:00

 > Can anyone tell me haow to permantaly store a path statement in Linux. I 
can
 > get it set, but once I reboot, I loose it. I've tried everything I can 
find
 > on Google, but nothing is working. I'm a Linus Newby, so explain it so a 
5
 > year old can understand it. Thanks. I want to add the directory so it
 > applies to all users, even root.

I hope my explanation is clear enough (let me know if it's not):

There are a couple of files in each user's home directory, called .bashrc 
and .bash_profile (the leading '.' characters are part of their filename) -
Those are read by the Bash shell on startup, and you can put variable
assignments, etc. in there.  I think the difference is that .bash_profile 
is read before the command prompt opens, and .bashrc is read when you open 
a command prompt (I don't remember exactly).

In either (or both) of those files, you can modify the path variable.  The
variable $PATH contains the existing path, and you can reference that in order
to prepend or append directories to it, using a set command.  For instance, the
following would append /sbbs/exec to the path:
export PATH=$PATH:/sbbs/exec

Make sure to separate directories with a colon (:).

Using this method, you would have to edit the .bashrc and .bash_profile 
files for the root user and each other user you want the path to apply to.
There's probably a global path setting somewhere, but I'm not sure where 
that is, and it might depend on the Linux distribution you're using.

Nightfox

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