On Mon, 15 May 2000, Michael McLeod wrote:
> I wanted to add to my PATH variable so I did the following:
> PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
> and when I checked with echo $PATH, the PATH had the addition
> "/usr/local/bin" But, it didn't stick soon the PATH variable had
> reverted to its original statement and the one I had added was gone. I
> tried several times but the same thing happened.
> What am I doing wrong?
> Michael
>
Try adding export PATH after you set the path or
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin
Mikkel
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