Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!watdragon!jmsellens
From: jmsellens@watdragon.waterloo.edu (John M. Sellens)
Newsgroups: uw.unix
Subject: Re: searchpath
Message-ID: <16275@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 89 19:05:17 GMT
References: <16246@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <6286@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: jmsellens@watdragon.waterloo.edu (John M. Sellens)
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In article <6286@watdcsu.waterloo.edu> pfratar@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Paul Frattaroli - Department of Computing Services) writes:
>Alias commands of this sort can be put in your .login file or .cshrc
>( or .profile if you like Bourne ).  They will be evaluated and put in
>the environment each time you logon.
The Bourne shell doesn't have aliases.  Aliases aren't put in the environment,
so if you define them in .login, any non-login shells (e.g. rsh, shell escapes
from vi) will not have those aliases defined.  It's usually best to define
aliases in .cshrc.

>You could edit your .login or .cshrc file ( which ever contains
>
>	"set PATH= blah blah blah" )
>
>and put "~/bin" first.

Don't forget - if you want to ever be able to use MFCF supported software,
you *must* use searchpath or the even better showpath.  If you don't,
be prepared for much heartache and untold mental anguish.