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[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John wrote:
> SuSE 10.0
>
> I've just added a utility to my SuSE installation which was built from
> scratch rather than an RPM. Consequently, it has put itself into the
> /opt directory.
>
> In order to run this app and read its manual, I need to add the
> relevant directories to PATH and MANPATH respectively, but if I use
> the 'export' command, it only adds them or the current session.
>
> How can I add these two paths permanently for all users?

>From /etc/bash.bashrc

# /etc/bash.bashrc for SuSE Linux
#
# PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE /etc/bash.bashrc There are chances that your changes
# will be lost during system upgrades.  Instead use /etc/bash.bashrc.local
# for your local settings, favourite global aliases, VISUAL and EDITOR
# variables, etc ...



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