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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Path variable in Linux? Post 302850523 by MadeInGermany on Thursday 5th of September 2013 01:58:26 AM
Old 09-05-2013
Create a file .profile that adds the desired path!
You can do that in a text editor, or by the following commands:
Code:
cd; touch .profile
grep /usr/lib/virtualbox .profile || echo 'PATH=${PATH}:/usr/lib/virtualbox; export PATH' >> .profile

Verify the result:
Code:
cat .profile

 

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Data::Stream::Bulk::Path::Class(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		      Data::Stream::Bulk::Path::Class(3pm)

NAME
Data::Stream::Bulk::Path::Class - Path::Class::Dir traversal VERSION
version 0.11 SYNOPSIS
use Data::Stream::Bulk::Path::Class; my $dir = Data::Stream::Bulk::Path::Class->new( dir => Path::Class::Dir->new( ... ), ); DESCRIPTION
This stream produces depth or breadth first traversal order recursion through Path::Class::Dir objects. Items are read iteratively, and a stack of open directory handles is used to keep track of state. ATTRIBUTES
chunk_size Defaults to 250. depth_first Chooses between depth first and breadth first traversal order. only_files If true only Path::Class::File items will be returned in the output streams (no directories). METHODS
is_done Returns true when no more files are left to iterate. next Returns the next chunk of Path::Class objects AUTHOR
Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Yuval Kogman. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. perl v5.14.2 2012-02-14 Data::Stream::Bulk::Path::Class(3pm)
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