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by brav0 Mar 13, 2001 last reply Mar 30, 2001 1 view

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I can't seem to get anything I add to the PATH to stick. I log in as root and type the following at command line to add a directory called prog:

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/src/prog
export PATH

This holds for a while (1 day maybe) then it disappears from the path. How can I get it to stay in the PATH??? Thx, MB

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To set that path the best way I know is to use VI to edit the root users .profile

That should put you in the root directory.

Then type vi .profile

Find the PATH line and add you /usr/local/src/prog to the path that exists and then save the file.

Now each time the root user logs in that path will be set.

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if your using bash ( the default linux shell) edit your home directory's .bash_profile - file and add the following

PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/src/prog
export PATH

if your using ksh edit .profile

these would be ~/.bash_profile and ~/.profile respectively

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