Poking around just a bit more, I find that Zshell has solved this problem. While I've not used zsh, its documentation shows the ability to 'typeset -U path' in a startup file. This tells the shell not to add anything to the path that is already there. This would seem to be a good feature to add to Bash. I'll drop a note to Chet Ramey and to the to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in this regard.
John On 12/31/01, 06:23:40PM -0500, John P Verel wrote: > On 01/01/02, 10:15:34AM +1100, Cameron Simpson wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:03:36PM -0500, John P Verel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > | So, it appears that conditional path modification is the only viable > > | option, short of major surgery. Cameron's rant is on point, IMHO. > > > > Oh, I dunno. > > > > I don't like conditional modification much - feels tacky - it means you > > don't know whether things have been done already or not. ---snip--- > -- > John P. Verel > Living Proof That Low Tech Beats High Tech! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- John P. Verel Living Proof That Low Tech Beats High Tech! _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
