Help on setting path variable

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Hi there,

I need help on setting the path variable. How can I set the path variable with Bourne Shell. My scripts goes like this, but did not work.

#!/bin/sh

PATH=/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/export/home/zchen/home
export PATH

Thanks,
Z

2

You have the correct syntax. What is the problem you are experiencing?

3

How did you invoke the script ?

Try this

. myscript.sh

or just source it.

source myscript.sh
4

when i invoke the script by using interactive command, i.e.

set path=($path /export/home/zchen/home)

it works fine, but when i invoke by sh myscript.sh, it does not work.

any idea?

5

Like vino said, if you want the PATH to affect your current shell, you need to source the script. Look at his post again.