X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-YMail-OSG: WSJbA9QVM1lFEZWOqPNzNlWHhkj4WVKIzx9z32agIWz15wgyftLmW8hfUOPNBQtU9g-- Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:58:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Fungazid Subject: Re: setting cygwin PATH To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com In-Reply-To: <1200.192.168.0.12.1177954215.squirrel@mail.morrison.mine.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <757912.72511.qm@web52010.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Hello John ;), I did the same thing with xemacs. The problem is that it is not enough if I want the path to stay permanently. How do cygwin knows to look at this file (".bashrc") in the HOME directory ? Avi --- John Morrison wrote: > On Mon, April 30, 2007 6:24 pm, Fungazid wrote: > > Hello to you the cygwin people, > > > > I'm working with cygwin. > > I added a directory "/home/T-COFFEE/bin/" to PATH > by: > > > > export PATH=/home/T-COFFEE/bin:`printenv PATH` > > $PATH is easier than the `printenv PATH` bit :) > > > I typed it in the cygwin command line. after that > > 'printenv PATH' showed the new directory. But the > new > > directory remained only temporarily (it > disappeared > > after closing cygwin). > > > > How do I change it permanently ? (I tried to copy > the > > .bashrc to my HOME directory, and messed up with > it) > > echo 'export PATH=/home/T-COFFEE/bin:$PATH' >> > .bashrc > > J. > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: > http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/