Adding mysql to my path

[Bevan C. Bennett]

Davy Obdam wrote:
> Hi people,
> 
> I have compiled mysql-4.0.17. Its installed in /usr/local/mysql. I would
> like to add /usr/local/mysql/bin to my path for all users, including
> root. I have looked it up on google, but believe that i need to edit my
> /etc/profile file. Could someone tell me what to edit?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Davy Obdam
> info at davyobdam.com
> 
> 

Go into /etc/profile.d
For csh-style users, create a file mysql.csh that looks like:
if ( "${path}" !~ */usr/local/mysql/bin* ) then
         set path = ( $path /usr/local/mysql/bin )
endif

For sh-style users, create mysql.sh containing:
if ! echo ${PATH} | grep -q /usr/local/mysql/bin ; then
         PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/mysql/bin
fi

I do something similar for the Sun Java JRE.