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Re: wrapper script issue

From: Allan Wind <allan_wind(at)lifeintegrity.com>
Date: Mon Feb 11 2008 - 17:29:36 EST

On 2008-02-11T15:05:12-0700, ChadDavis wrote:
> I noticed that ~/bin is not on my PATH by default. Why does debian not do
> this? And is it a bad idea to add it to the PATH?

Debian does not install any programs in home directories, so there is no need to add the ~/bin to PATH. If you want binaries in ~/bin, then it is perfectly fine to modify your PATH via your shell startup files (.bashrc, .profile, .cshrc, .tcshrc etc).

/Allan

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