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- What are PATH and other environment variables, and how can I set or use . . .
So the question is: What are environment variables, like the executable PATH, and how can I change and use them on major operating systems? A good answer would include a simple explanation of what environment variables and especially PATH mean to the OS, as well as simple guidelines on how to set and read them accordingly
- What does , . , . . represent while giving path?
What does " " , " ", " " represent while giving path?Let's be precise: " "is a path which begins with a , and thus it is an absolute path Thus, we need to begin in the root of the file system and navigate through the folders given by name, whereas the names are separated by s (because this is the unix path separator) Thus, is the root of the file system with no folders entered after
- command line - What does $PATH mean? - Ask Ubuntu
In layman's terms, a path (or the search path) is the list of directories that will be searched for anything that you type on the command line If you type in a built-in command like ls, it will look for a specified list of directories
- filenames - What does the ~ mean in a file path? - Super User
What does the ~ mean in an absolute file path? I see this in the output of things like build scripts but the path does not exist
- shell - How can I edit the $PATH on linux? - Super User
It depends on the shell you're using On Solaris (I know the question is about Linux) one of the shells (can't remember which one off the top of my head) requires that you do the export separately from setting the value in a script So I've just gotten into the habit of doing it on 2 lines
- How to add a directory to the PATH? - Ask Ubuntu
A path set in bash_profile will only be set in a bash login shell (bash -l) If you put your path in profile it will be available to your complete desktop session
- What is the PATH environment variable and how do I add to it?
PATH is a global operating system variable that contains names of files that are to be executed without specyfing the whole path to them For example You can just write startx to start graphic environemnt instead of bin some other folders startx
- How can I display the contents of an environment variable from the . . .
In Windows 7, when I start the Command prompt, is there any command to display the contents of an environment variable (such as the JAVA_HOME or PATH variables)?
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