PATH ~/bin under gnome

[Gilles Gravier]

Ah... OK. I didn't understand that specific part. :)

Cheers!

Gilles.

Peter Garrett wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:30:20 +0100
> Gilles Gravier <Gilles at Gravier.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> In /etc/profile, you would put
>>
>> PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
>> export PATH
>>
>> That way, $HOME/bin expands to the user's /home/whatever/bin ... 
>> /etc/profile is executed at loginn by every user. Not once at boot by 
>> the system.
>>
>> So this seems to me like exactly what you want...
>>     
>
> I understand what *you*  are saying, but it is not what *I* was saying :-)
>
> My point was that using /etc/profile for this means that
> _every_user_who_logs_in will have ~/bin in their PATH .
>
> If only_one user wants this, then I think the ~/.gnomerc will allow *just
> that user*  to make this change. In other words, it can be the user's
> decision rather than the admin's , and only if a particular $USER wants it
>
> Anyway, the OP has probably stopped reading this thread by now :)
>
> Peter
>
>   
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