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Old 07-11-2009
How to permanatly change PATH
I used set PATH$
but that worked until I closed Terminal , now qouestion is how to put this in PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/dt/bin:/usr/perl5/5.6.1/bin:/usr/perl5/5.8.4/bin:/usr/java/bin:/usr/apache2/bin:/opt/SUNWspro/bin:/opt/coolstack/bin:/opt/scfw/bin:/opt/rogo/bin:/opt/rogo/sbin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/ccs/bin:/opt/oracle/product/10.2.0.1.0/bin
permantly
# 2  
Old 07-11-2009
Hi.

Try setting it in your $HOME/.profile.

It's safer to say
Code:
PATH=$PATH:<whatever you want to add>
or
PATH=<whatever you want to add>:$PATH

Then whenever you log in, it gets set. (you need to login again or execute ". ~/.profile" to make it effective)

(incidentally, this is not a Solaris question, but a general one)
Last edited by Scott; 07-11-2009 at 06:04 PM..
# 3  
Old 07-11-2009
And if you want to set it by default for all accounts, the best way is to uncomment and set the PATH variable in /etc/default/login.
# 4  
Old 07-11-2009
of course (if I thought our friend was root, i'd have mentioned it!)
# 5  
Old 07-12-2009
Ok I done it , I am new in Solaris world
# 6  
Old 07-13-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by microbot
Ok I done it , I am new in Solaris world
This is not a Solaris thing, this is general Unix.

Anways, good things start working for you.

Regards.
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Old 07-13-2009
/etc/default/login is mostly Solaris specific.
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