From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 22 08:41:17 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA19330 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:41:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dot.crosswinds.net (dot.crosswinds.net [209.47.139.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA19296 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:40:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net) Received: from metallica (th-pm00-23.ndirect.co.uk [195.7.225.23]) by dot.crosswinds.net (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id LAA23576 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:41:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from Genius@glasgow.crosswinds.net) Message-ID: <003001bd9df4$1c1a2b20$17e107c3@metallica> From: "Ian O'Friel" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: X Windows loses path variable Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 16:27:50 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Whenever I start X-Windows it loses the path variable and any commands like 'ls' have to be entered as /bin/ls or I have to create new aliases whenever I start it up, is there any way to make sure the path statement is actually used. When I use the 'set' command on it's own it display's the enviroment including the path command, how strange, any help ?? Ian O'friel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message