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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Configure $PATH in /.bash_profile or /etc/paths? Post 302601280 by vbe on Thursday 23rd of February 2012 09:13:42 AM
Old 02-23-2012
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what is telling the OS where to find the $PATH variable in the first place?
Is OS specific...

But generally in UNIX you would have a default profile in /etc which is read first, so you would set here at a minimum for all purpose except administration stuff and customize the extra needs in the users $HOME/.profile

Since you did not give your OS, there is not much more to say...
 

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GIT-PEEK-REMOTE(1)						    Git Manual							GIT-PEEK-REMOTE(1)

NAME
git-peek-remote - List the references in a remote repository SYNOPSIS
git peek-remote [--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack>] [<host>:]<directory> DESCRIPTION
This command is deprecated; use git ls-remote instead. OPTIONS
--upload-pack=<git-upload-pack> Use this to specify the path to git-upload-pack on the remote side, if it is not found on your $PATH. Some installations of sshd ignores the user's environment setup scripts for login shells (e.g. .bash_profile) and your privately installed git may not be found on the system default $PATH. Another workaround suggested is to set up your $PATH in ".bashrc", but this flag is for people who do not want to pay the overhead for non-interactive shells, but prefer having a lean .bashrc file (they set most of the things up in .bash_profile). <host> A remote host that houses the repository. When this part is specified, git-upload-pack is invoked via ssh. <directory> The repository to sync from. AUTHOR
Written by Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com[1]> DOCUMENTATION
Documentation by Junio C Hamano. GIT
Part of the git(1) suite NOTES
1. gitster@pobox.com mailto:gitster@pobox.com Git 1.7.1 07/05/2010 GIT-PEEK-REMOTE(1)
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