Re: [gentoo-user] Is rc.conf no longer used by Gentoo (baselayout-1.12.13)?

[pk]

Allan Gottlieb wrote:

> I know it is just one line in the shell
> export PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH
> but I don't know what file to put it in.
>
> It would be acceptable, but not preferable, if this was set for all
> users; the only requirement is that it is set for user gottlieb.

For all users: /etc/profile (if using bourne derived shells like bash)
		or
		/etc/profile.csh (for c shell derivatives)

For only your user: ~/.profile or ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc or ~/.*rc
or whatever is used for your particular shell dialect.

HTH

Best regards

Peter K