I have googled, searched the archive, and read my RH Linux books, and I must be missing something here.
<revealing ugly newbie wart...>
I have a program that I want to run from the command line on a fairly frequent basis, and do not want to have to specify the path every time (as it is several directories down), so after having done the above research, I see that I can type:
export PATH=$PATH:/directory/subdirectory
which adds the necessary directory to my path variable. Works fine, and I can run my little program to my heart's content, just by typing it's name. Fine...
That is, until I reboot, at which point my PATH variable goes back to whatever it was set up to by Red Hat, and I have to type the above command in again (or just navigate to the program I am trying to start). What a pain! I am guessing that there is a file somewhere (in /etc?) that stores a PERSISTANT copy of the PATH variable, and that this is where I need to make my changes. Can anyone point me in the right direction? If it makes a difference, I am using Fedora Core test 3, with all Rawhide updates.
</covering up newbie wart with embarrassment....>
TIA for any info,
-Sean Earp
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