At Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:55:35 +0100 pk <[email protected]> wrote: > Allan Gottlieb wrote: > >> I know it is just one line in the shell >> export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH >> but I don't know what file to put it in. >> >> It would be acceptable, but not preferable, if this was set for all >> users; the only requirement is that it is set for user gottlieb. > > For all users: /etc/profile (if using bourne derived shells like bash) > or > /etc/profile.csh (for c shell derivatives) > > For only your user: ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc or ~/.*rc > or whatever is used for your particular shell dialect. > > HTH
Does that get sourced by the gnome panel so that launchers see it? I hadn't thought so, but will try it. Thanks. allan
