Re: path

On Fri, 30 May 2008 23:26:06 GMT, Bill Cunningham wrote:

"Bit Twister" <BitTwister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 May 2008 23:55:40 GMT, Bill Cunningham wrote:

Here's the way I've understood it. I must be wrong.
PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin;$PATH
^
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Needs to be colon-------------+-----not semicolon

export PATH
[snip]

Are you pointing to the usr ?

Nope, semicolon before the $PATH.

The semicolon is in front of the $.

You are quite correct. It should be a colon, not a semicolon.
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