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Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 21:34:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Mo DeJong <mdejong AT cygnus DOT com>
To: cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Subject: RE: [patch] adding ~/bin to path
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On Sun, 3 Dec 2000, Erdely, Michael wrote:

> So... I guess I don't understand the problem.  If you want system wide shell
> changes, you add them to /etc/profile.  If you want user specific changes,
> you add them to (in this case) $HOME/.bashrc.

The problem is that the default is not set properly. Sure you
could go change it on your own, but by default it should
be set the way most users would expect.

> I'd make the global changes in /etc/profile and be done with it.  If you add
> $HOME/bin or ~/bin to the path, you'll reach your goal.

Sure, you could do that. You already know what you are doing :)

Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc

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