On Sunday 01 August 2004 11:28 am, Michael Havens wrote:
> Right now I'm writing all of my linux commands onto 3x5 cards and filing
> them into a catalogue box to bring to installfests.
> You know, I have written in my notes that to add to your path you type:
>
> 	PATH=$PATH:<additional path>
>
> but as I was googling it last night I found out that is only a temporary
> fix (that's why it only works for one session!). After further googling I
> got confusing information about which file to add your <additional path> to
> for the purposes of a more permanet fix.
>
> Would someone enlighten me?

put your new path into your ~/.bashrc
to make it available as an environment variable do an export

export PATH=$PATH:<additional paths>

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