$PATH question

[Dazed_75]

I don't remember as I did it  long ago.  but when I type echo $PATH, what I
get is:

/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

does that mean I did? or if I need to export it, when and how often is it
needed?


On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:26 PM, Carl Parrish <cparrish at carlparrish.com>wrote:

> Did you export?
> On Feb 26, 2014 8:18 PM, "Dazed_75" <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> /home/larry/bin:<more paths>
>>
>> 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/?
>>
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