Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 18:01:33 +0200 From: lada@ws6303.gud.siemens.at (marino.ladavac@siemens.at) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@BLACKJAC.mw.mediaone.netDEST Cc: mike@BLACKJAC.mw.mediaone.net Subject: Re: path statements Message-ID: <199709171601.SAA05671@ws6423.gud.siemens.at>
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 17 17:27:34 MET 1997 > Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 11:00:45 -0400 (EDT) > From: User Mike <mike@BLACKJAC.mw.mediaone.netDEST> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: path statements > X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > i tried to alter my path with the .login and .profile files in my directory. by for some reason i'm not getting anything now. i had to type /usr/bin/mail in order to even get to the mail directory -- please help! sorry if it's a stupid question. > mike webbe > what you did was something like: PATH=/path/to/my/binaries export PATH What you should have done is: PATH=$PATH:/path/to/my/binaries export PATH Please note that the former discards the standard paths provided by the system, whereas the latter does not--in effect, the latter extends the PATH variable. Despair not, it happens to everyone, even after years of experience. /Marino BTW, your reply address is probably wrong. The DEST after the .net is most likely a typo.
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