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Subject: Re: path
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Eric Hodel wrote:
> 
> Ng Kok Leong wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am new to FreeBSD and currently I am working with FreeBSD3.2.
> > May I know where can I set the directory path so that I do not have
> > to go to the directory where the file resides in order to access it?
> > I have tried to set the PATH variable in the .profile file but this does
> 
> If you are using sh, you can set your path in the .profile, but this
> will only run on a login shell.  If you have root using the sh shell, it
> won't pick up the sbin directories if you su.

The -l flag makes su behave like a login shell.


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