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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to add a variable to the "path" Post 302074210 by PixelLover on Sunday 21st of May 2006 07:48:06 PM
Old 05-21-2006
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Hello,

I am new to this board and I have several questions:

For two days now I've been trying to add a variable to my "path" -- without any success. What I want to do is add the path for my MySQL database to my "path" so I can access it from anywhere. Why is this such a hard thing to do in UNIX? Everybody recommends something else. WHERE do I have to add the path. Is the file called ".bash-profile" or ".cshrs" or ".shrs" or ".profile" or what? And, if you can give me an ultimate answer to my question, where exactly is this file located on the system?

I have been a computer science student at uni for 3 years now, but nothing has ever caused me so much trouble. Such an easy task, but so hard to do, so many possible combinations!! Why??

Can anybody tell me how to do it?
 

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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN

sup-add

SUP-ADD(1)						      General Commands Manual							SUP-ADD(1)

NAME

       sup-add - add a source to the Sup source list

SYNOPSIS

       sup-add [options] [source uri...]

DESCRIPTION

       Add one ore more sources to the Sup source list

       For mbox files on local disk, use the form:

	      mbox:<path to mbox file>, or

	      mbox://<path to mbox file>

       For Maildir folders, use the form:

	      maildir:<path to Maildir directory>; or

	      maildir://<path to Maildir directory>

OPTIONS

       --archive, -a
	      Automatically archive all new messages from thesesources.

       --unusual, -u
	      Do not automatically poll these sources for new messages.

       --labels, -l label
	      A comma-separated set of labels to apply to all messages from this source

       --force-new, -f
	      Create a new account for this source, even if one already exists

       --force-account, -o account
	      Reuse previously defined account user@hostname

       --version, -v
	      Print version and exit

       --help, -h
	      Show help message

FILES

       $HOME/.sup/sources.yaml	     Configuration file for Sup mail sources

SEE ALSO

       sup-mail(1), sup-config(1)

AUTHOR

       Sup was written by William Morgan <wmorgan-sup@masanjin.net>.

       This manual page was written by Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

								   April 9, 2012							SUP-ADD(1)
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