Re: [opensuse] Editting PATH variable

On Friday 07 September 2007 15:13, Stan Goodman wrote:
...

As I have said, I am currently operating successfully with an
incorrect PATH variable. But that means that I have to specify the
full pathname for the <java> executable, whereas if the PATH were
correct, I could just call it "java". There is no difference between
Java and any other executable -- one either specifies full pathname,
or needs to have a correct pointer in PATH..

I too am bemused. I think the insistence that the PATH is irrelevant
comes because you are thinking of the various java apps one might be
using, rather than the java executable. I am thinking of the latter
alone, and PATH is convenient, if not necessary.

Have you consulted the manual page for "update-alternatives?" I believe
it may offer you the control you require.


--
Stan Goodman


Randall Schulz
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