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On Monday 31 December 2001 12:04 am, John P Verel wrote:
> > Perhaps I'm missing something here. Aren't the path modifications in
> > /etc/profile conditional? If they are already in the users path, they
> > shouldn't be added again. That being the case, re-sourcing that file
> > shouldn't affect your path.
>
> The path modification in profile.d re: keberos is conditional, but not
> in /etc/profile.
>
> My /etc/profile looks like this:
> # /etc/profile
>
> # System wide environment and startup programs
> # Functions and aliases go in /etc/bashrc
> # Original Red Hat path follows:
> # PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> # Adding . 11/24, to pick up current directory for jdk problem. jpv
> PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/java/jdk1.3.1/bin"
> PS1="[\u@\h \W]\\$ "
> Thus, every time through, the path statement is appended with the stuff
> for java (among other things). Twice through, two times in the path
> statement.
True, but those path modifications can easily be made conditional, no?
if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -q "/usr/X11R6/bin" ; then
PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
fi
if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -q "/usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin" ; then
PATH="/usr/java/jre1.3.1/bin:$PATH"
fi
The code above is from my /etc/profile
> See my note of a few minutes ago re: --noprofile option: tomorrow's
> projects
Well, that's probably more elegant, but I'd still advocate conditional
path modification. ;)
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