how do you edit /etc/profile?

[Alexander Dalloz]

Am Fr, den 06.08.2004 schrieb Michael Mallete um 5:01:

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> >$ ls -al /etc/profile.d/java.sh
> >-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 192 21. Jul 03:20
> >/etc/profile.d/java.sh
> >
> >$ cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh
> >JAVA_VERSION="j2re1.4.2_04"
> > 
> >if [ -d /usr/java/${JAVA_VERSION} ]; then
> >        export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/${JAVA_VERSION}"
> >        export JAVA_PATH="${JAVA_HOME}"
> >        export PATH="$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin"
> >fi
> >
> >So create that file executable and maybe adjust the
> >J2RE version number
> >if you have a different version installed.
> >
> >Alexander

ah. so you mean execute this in bash:
> 
> $ ls -al /etc/profile.d/java.sh
> $ cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh
> 
> then add this to /etc/profile/

You left out the first line of the java.sh file!
--> JAVA_VERSION="j2re1.4.2_04"

> if [ -d /usr/java/${JAVA_VERSION} ]; then
>         export JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/${JAVA_VERSION}"
>         export JAVA_PATH="${JAVA_HOME}"
>         export PATH="$PATH:${JAVA_HOME}/bin"
> fi

> -Myk

No.

vi /etc/profile.d/java.sh
---> then put in the content I showed you and save the new file
chmod 755 /etc/profile.d/java.sh
--> to make the file executive

Alexander


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