Re: System-wide PATH question

[Andrew Robinson <awrobinson@xxxxxxx>]

John Haxby wrote:

> Andrew Robinson wrote:
>
> > Where or how do I add something to the PATH system-wide?
>
>
> I have a file called /etc/profile/java.sh that contains
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> for file in /usr/java/*; do
>    if [ -x $file/bin/java ]
>    then export JAVA_HOME=$file
>         break
>    fi
> done
> unset file
> PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
>
>
> It's where it is rather than how it does it that's important.   Look 
> at /etc/profile to see how the files in /etc/profile.d are handled.
This would be more general than just a pathmunge in the /etc/profile. Is 
the JAVA_HOME variable needed beyond this script? In other words, do 
applications need the JAVA_HOME variable?

Thanks!

Andrew



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