[SOLVED] Adding something to your path.

[YourSurrogateGod]

Silly question, but how would you do it? Edit the /etc/profile file and add it? Say, add the below line?

FOO_VAR="/some/random/path"

When I type in echo $PATH, this is what I get:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
Where does all of this stuff get set?

Any suggestions on basic administration for dummies books :) ?

[drakeman007]

Dont know if this helps!


http://www.newlinuxuser.com/howto-add-a-directory-to-my-path-statementvariable/

Regars

[YourSurrogateGod]

Yeh, that shows me how it's set and all, thanks.

[drakeman007]

Glad to read!
You welcome!

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Also check this out : https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SystemAdministration

[drakeman007]

Sorry for the duplicated post!