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[Rainer Müller]

Peter Hindrichs wrote:
> Ok thanks for that, I am all for the safer and easier solution.
> However for my edification I would like to understand what I am doing  
> here.
> This is what I have when I look at my path:
> 
> Freedom:~ peterhin$ $PATH
> -bash: /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/ 
> usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin: No such file or directory
> 
> I believe from one of the earlier posts that only the first  /opt/ 
> local/bin:  is looked at, is this correct.?

Yes, it's correct for the things you type in. /opt/local is searched 
first, then the other paths from the list.

But I assume, currently your terminal application runs your login shell. 
The login shell itself is stored at another location with it's full 
path. In many UNIX like systems, this is in /etc/passwd but for Mac OS X 
the users are administrated by a daemon called DirectoryService. The 
information can be queried and changed by dscl. chsh may have been 
patched to access it, I don't know.

So by default, your login shell is /bin/bash with this path and no 
other. PATH will not be used at all.

Rainer

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