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Thu, 05 October 2006 00:13

gkrishn
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export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin
How it different from
export PATH=/usr/local/bin
why is ${PATH}: required .

-Rajiv

Thu, 05 October 2006 02:33

rleishman
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The first version APPENDS /usr/local/bin to whatever is already in your $PATH.

The second version REPLACES $PATH.

Ross Leishman

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