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Set 'PATH' & 'CLASSPATH'..
Name: queryanalyzer Date: November 12, 2003 at 06:59:18 Pacific OS: RH 8.0 CPU/Ram: 256mb
Comment:
Hi.. HOw can i set 'PATH' & 'CLASSPATH' variable during startup, so that its remains set for all sessions. I'm running RH 8.0 and i tried to include this line in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local file... export PATH=$PATH:new_path
Its a 'bash' shell. But this didnt seem to do the magic.
Name: taurus Date: November 12, 2003 at 08:14:08 Pacific
Reply:
No, no, no... You're supposed to set that in either /etc/bashrc or ~/.bashrc, not in /etc/rc.d/rc.local!!! Be careful what you add in /etc/rc.d/rc.local because it can crash your system...
taurus
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Response Number 2
Name: queryanalyzer Date: November 12, 2003 at 09:05:59 Pacific
Reply:
Can i also put it in /etc/profile ??
Thanks.
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Response Number 3
Name: Jared Felton Date: November 12, 2003 at 09:41:44 Pacific
Reply:
Yes, you can put it in /etc/profile
That's where i have my path and classpath set.
Beginning comments of my /etc/profile that came with redhat 9:
# /etc/profile
# System wide environment and startup programs, for login setup # Functions and aliases go in /etc/bashrc
Putting it in ~/.bashrc would only set it for that one user.
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Response Number 4
Name: queryanalyzer Date: November 12, 2003 at 10:57:13 Pacific
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