Very Computer

I know this is a very basic question and I apologize in advance for not finding
it on my own.  I need to add a directory to my Path and need to set an
environment variable to point to a specific directory as well (for KDE
desktop).  I have read HOW-TO's until the text is dancing on the screen and
still can't completely come to grips with it - especially setting the
evironment variable.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance
for your time and trouble.

Bob

Quote:>I know this is a very basic question and I apologize in advance for
>not finding it on my own.  I need to add a directory to my Path and
>need to set an environment variable to point to a specific directory
>as well (for KDE desktop).

In tcsh and related:
setenv PATH $PATH:/opt/kde/bin
setenv KDEDIR /opt/kde
...to do it once, or add the above two lines to the end of ~/.cshrc or
/etc/cshrc to do it permanently.

"man bash" if you want to learn EVERYTHING shell related like this
(you can do some REALLY cool stuff in 5 lines at the command prompt
once you know how) or start out with the guides at the Linux
Documentation Project, http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP for a more
well-paced introduction.

Obligatory plug:
Since I found no way to work it into the above post, I'll just stick
the URL http://roystgnr.jones.rice.edu/links/ here and ask people to
follow it on faith.
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Roy Stogner