RE: Changing an existing PATH as seen in QSHELL

["Dennis Lovelady" <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > In that file, put the initialization parameters for the application:
> >    MYVAR1="SomeValue": export MYVAR1
> >    MYVAR2="SomeOtherValue": export MYVAR2
> >    PATH=${MYVAR1}:${MYVAR2}:PATH; export PATH
> > et cetera
>
> Thanks Dennis.  That makes sense and simplifies things even more.


You're welcome.  I hope it serves you well.

Do double-check, though, unlike me, to make sure that a statement like:

  PATH=${MYVAR1}:${MYVAR2}:PATH; export PATH

doesn't sneak through.  Obviously, that should have been more like:  

  PATH=${MYVAR1}:${MYVAR2}:${PATH}; export PATH

Dennis Lovelady
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