What should go in my PATH and MANPATH environment variables? Updated: 03/05/01
PATH
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At least:
/usr/bin /usr/contrib/bin /usr/bin/X11 /usr/contrib/X11/bin
/usr/contrib/bin/X11 /usr/local/bin
If you have the HP ANSI C compiler installed:
/opt/ansic/bin /opt/langtools/bin /usr/ccs/bin
And, for system management stuff:
/usr/sbin /sbin
Alternately, you can simply add the following to your .profile:
PATH=`cat /etc/PATH` # for sh or ksh
setenv PATH `cat /etc/PATH` # for csh
The "/etc/PATH" file is supposed to be updated every time new software
is installed under /opt/. /etc/PATH will contain everything mentioned
above, except for "/usr/sbin" and "/sbin".
Simply add any additonal command directories you need. For example:
PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"
MANPATH
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First pull in /etc/MANPATH (works the same way as /etc/PATH):
MANPATH=`cat /etc/MANPATH` # for sh or ksh
setenv MANPATH `cat /etc/MANPATH` # for csh
Then add any additonal manual directories you need. For example:
MANPATH="$HOME/man:$MANPATH"
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