<div dir="ltr"><div>I don't remember as I did it long ago. but when I type echo $PATH, what I get is:<br><br>/home/larry/bin:/opt/OpenPrinting-Gutenprint/sbin:/opt/OpenPrinting-Gutenprint/bin:/usr/lib/lightdm/lightdm:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games<br>
<br></div>does that mean I did? or if I need to export it, when and how often is it needed?<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Carl Parrish <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cparrish@carlparrish.com" target="_blank">cparrish@carlparrish.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Did you export? </p>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Feb 26, 2014 8:18 PM, "Dazed_75" <<a href="mailto:lthielster@gmail.com" target="_blank">lthielster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>I thought $PATH contained the series of paths searched to find an executable file by the name specified on the command line. Specifically if my $ENV contains a $PATH which reads:<br><br></div>/home/larry/bin:<more paths> <br>
<br>that an executable file like foo.sh found in /home/larry/bin/ could be run by simply typing foo.sh on the command line. What am I doing wrong as it does not work though it does if I type ./bin/foo.sh while in /home/larry/?<br clear="all">
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