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Old 10-26-2006
Bug add bin to variable PATH and save changes
i wrote a script and is running. I add the path bin to variable PATH, i.e.
PATH=$PATH/bin. i add this to PATH in order to run the script in any path working directory. Thats ok. The problem is as son as i close the session and start a new session, changes are lost. How can i tell the shell or Unix to save the changes i made and run this script wheneverthe user wants o wherever the path working directory is?.

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Old 10-27-2006
For this you need to change the ".profile" file of the particular user. It is hidden file and it is in home directory of the user. (ls -al) command to list hidden files
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