>>> While online, I installed a few apps (xterm, ssh, GAIM, etc.), and >>> tried setting my path in /home/user/.profile to include the install >>> directory, as well as \bin and . I didn't include \sbin, but my change >>> to .profile didn't seem to have any effect anyway. > > Make sure that the paths are in correct order and that you don't > overwrite PATH, but add to it. Is there a safer way to export paths in ash without the risks that a typo in .profile entails? I'm not terribly familiar with busybox, but after a quick search of their mailing lists it seems that the most common suggestion is to edit /etc/profile or ~/.profile. At least the vim install guide suggests editing .profile to export paths, so I've added a warning to the vim section of the ApplicationCatalog on the wiki that alerts folks to the potential dangers. If someone knows of a safer way to do this, pipe up and I'll be happy test/document if necessary. Mike
