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Old 03-27-2008
PATH on solaris 8 (bash)
Im trying to setup my profile to export the PATH at login

i had this in my .bashrc

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/

however when i login and type echo $PATH i only get

bash-2.05$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:


any ideas on what im doing wrong?
ive used linux for years but this is my first solaris system

note: if i run that export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin it works fine
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Old 03-27-2008
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Originally Posted by recklessop
Im trying to setup my profile to export the PATH at login

i had this in my .bashrc

export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin/

however when i login and type echo $PATH i only get

bash-2.05$ echo $PATH
/usr/bin:


any ideas on what im doing wrong?
ive used linux for years but this is my first solaris system

note: if i run that export PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin it works fine

I am not sure will it work or not ,
Try the following command
Code:
setenv VARIABLENAME "value"

regards,
user_prady
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