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  From: Michael WARDLE <michael.wardle@adacel.com>
  To  : Daryl Pilkington <u3232@home.dialix.com>
  Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 10:31:44 +1000

Re: /etc/profile

Daryl Pilkington wrote:
> I've got to install DB2 v7.1 on RH7.2.
> Using the HowTo, I need to add the following lines to /etc/profile:
>
> export PATH=$PATH:/opt/IBMJava2-131/jre/bin
>
>
> Looking at my /etc/profile, it has conditional statements, so
exactly
> where do I add the above line?

[...]

> if ! echo $PATH | /bin/grep -q "/usr/X11R6/bin" ; then
>     PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"
> fi

Copy these lines and change the relevant portions.

It also seems that it's moving towards each program having its own
file in /etc/profile.d, so you might like to create a db2.sh file and
modify the PATH there.

--
MICHAEL WARDLE
SGI Desktop & Admin Software
Adacel Technologies Limited


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