Path in computer file systems is in general the human-readable address of a filename or directory specifying a unique location in a file system, and expressed by a string of path components separated by a delimiter (most commonly the slash "/" or the backslash "\"). PATH (variable), is an ...
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Path Variables Inconsistent in Control Panel vs cmd.exe
First is what the Environment Variables window under System Properties tells me is under "Path".
When I do echo %PATH% on cmd.exe I get the second. All my node.js install isn't working :\
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issue with my path variable
my path variable seems to be a bit hosed. I recently modified my /etc/profile to add GRAILS_HOME and modify JAVA_HOME. the problem now (moved off of grails to lift for the time being) is that there is ...
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How to make for /f deal with space in the file path?
The command for /f %%f in (c:\path\list.txt) do echo %%f gets confused if path contains spaces.
Typically, I'd just put quotes around the path (in ("c:\path with spaces\list.txt") do), but in this ...
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How can I move the database location of Evernote successfully?
I am currently on Evernote 4.5.x and lost quite some data because I didn't notice that the crashing Evernote deleted recently created notes due to space limitations in my TC container.
I am not happy.
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How do I create a command to run with sudo?
I have created a file called svrestart in /home/gab/bin (which is a folder that should be automatically be added to path on startup) which contains:
/etc/init.d/nginx restart
/etc/init.d/php5-fpm ...
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Linux: which is “most appropriate” directory to place an exectuable for all users?
A bit of newb question.. I usually install packages and don't worry about these things.
But, now I have a one file executable CLI program (Kindlegen from Amazon). I want it to be in the path of all ...
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Prevent Windows System %PATH% from being prepended to user %PATH?
I know how to set system or user specific environment variables:
Now, the problem is that the PATH variable is treated such that the value you enter for the user PATH will be automatically appended ...
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Why my $PATH is not inhereted by the invocked bash? [closed]
I work on an AIX system where I have no administrator privileges. It has several shells installed, default being tcsh. I am not allowed to change the login shell. Usualy I start my session from exec ...
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How to add a directory not on C:\ to the PATH variable
I have recently installed Python in D:\Python32 and added that directory to my PATH variable, but it doesn't seem to work. Does PATH only work with C:\ ?
OS is Win XP Pro 64
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Too many folder paths in Path Variable?
Is there a cost of having too many folder paths in the folder variable? I mean as you keep on adding paths in to your System Path Environment variable, Is it going to cause Powershell to load slightly ...
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What does Eclipse/Java call your homedir? Since ~ and $HOME does not work
When you install Eclipse he always ask me where to put the workspace and here I noticed that Eclipse do not understand normal unix stuff like ~ or $HOME.
What does Eclipse/Java call your homedir?
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How to display man page with a specific path?
There are some binaries and corresponding man pages on the IBM AIX system I am working with (/some/path/bin and /some/path/man), but neither bin nor man directory are in my $PATH or $MANPATH . I would ...
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How does Linux decide which executable I'm trying to run?
I thought I understood this, but I'm getting unexplained behavior. I have these files:
$ which -a kvm | xargs ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2011-11-17 17:14 /usr/bin/kvm -> qemu-system-x86_64
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What does the $ in drive mappings and AD objects mean?
At my workplace, some objects in AD and some drive mappings in network have $ sign as part of their path/name/identifier.
For example a security group "$Sales" and ...
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How do I stroke a path in GIMP (or, just draw a line)?
I want to just draw a simple line in GIMP. The usual method, which I'm sure worked before, is to use a path then stroke it.
I selected the path tool, then clicked 2 points to make a straight line ...
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Windows 7's PATH and environment variables are corrupted
I have no clue, but lately I've been having this problem. After running my workstation suddenly something destroys PATH and lots of stuff stops working. Initially, my path had MANY directories listed ...
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What algorithm does the Windows Run Dialog use?
I have a set of files (".r2w") extensions, that have a file association with Attachmate Reflection. I have several of these in a folder, which I've added to the PATH. I've also added .r2w to ...
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Adding a directory to user PATH doesn't work?
I just installed gvim on my Windows system (it's on C:\gvim, anyway). Then I add C:\gvim\vim73\ on the user PATH, not the system PATH. After that, I tried to invoke vim from the command prompt. Nope, ...
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How to permanently add current directory to PATH in Linux? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Add folder to PATH
I want to a add a directory to my bash to search in, and I am using the $PATH=.... it works however when I open a new command window it is not there.
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If I open explorer.exe first, then run cmd.exe, the init path for cmd.exe would be same with current path in explorer.exe
I'm using Win XP in my company. I encountered a wonder thing:
I open an explorer.exe window.
Just enter a directory (for example, C:\Windows).
Run cmd.exe (Win+R, then issue cmd.exe)
The init path ...
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How can `which cmd` != cmd?
Can anyone explain this?
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Jul 12 2010 12:47:31)
$ `which vim` --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Oct 13 2011 22:52:17)
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How to unzip zip archives that have more than 260 symbols in their name?
I have a big zip file (approximately 650 MB) that I want to unzip. I already shortened the name of the zip file to just 1 letter and stored it directly on the C: folder. So I can´t shorten the path ...
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Recursively add directory to $PATH variable
Is it possible to recursively add a directory to my $PATH variable? Let's say I have a directory structure like the following:
/usr/local/bin
- /nodejs-x.x
- /redis-x.x
- /mongodb-x-x
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Is it possible to set PATH on Mac OS X Lion without restarting?
Is there a way to set the PATH on /etc/paths without the need to reboot your Mac? I know I can do it using an alias but it's not permanent.
For example, I want to set the PATH for MySQL.
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How can I find the path for a given file?
How can I find the directory for a file?
In my Unix shell, I know how to use the ls command, but it shows just the name of the file. I need the path too. How do I get it?
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Windows command prompt seemingly ignoring PATH
I am trying to use a package called virtualenv for Python, which temporarily changes the PATH environment variable to add a certain directory and give convenient access to several executables. My ...
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libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
UPDATE: after qsub many times I noticed that when the hostname is opt### it appears to work, but for other nodes in which the hostname is of different topology int###, it does not. I've discussed ...
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How do I specify custom settings for vim based on file path
More specifically, I want to disable backup and swap file creation in vim, but only when opening/editing files that are on a specific remote volume or a specific folder.
So, how do I go about ...
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Lost Path environment variable, how to restore?
Within my 15 years of PC experience I have never seen something like this.
My Path variable within the Environment Variables is deleted for some reason. And now Windows 7 shows for Windows Explorer. ...
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How do programs take advantage of Ghostscript if it is not in Environment Path?
I installed Ghostscript from this link:
http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/gs904w32.exe
so that I could view .eps files with Irfanview and so that Imagemagick is able to convert JPG files to ...
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How do you prevent PATH pollution in Windows when using the command line frequently? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Best practice for Windows PATH/environment variables managing?
If you use tools at the windows command line frequently, you know the drill. You install tool X. Unless ...
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“Missing” glew32.dll - resides at C:\windows\system32\glew32.dll, regsvr32 fails
I have an application which relies on glew32.lib/.dll to run. The .lib is in the VS2005 SDK directory and works fine for compiling. The .dll have placed (via cmd.exe run as Administrator) in ...
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How can I make JDK 7 the default JDK in NetBeans?
I uninstalled JDK 1.6.26, then installed JDK 7 and changed my PATH to point to the new version.
However when I now open NetBeans it shows me this error:
Cannot locate java installation in ...
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how to set PATH variable correctly
I have some problems with setting my user variable PATH, my PATH contains the following line:
%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic";C:\Program Files\SSH Communications ...
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Windows cmd dosn't find exe even if it's in the path
I just installed strawberry perl.
It's bin directory shows in the path but windows refuses to run it unless I give the full path (I even tried to reboot to make sure all environment variables was ...
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Where are the user profile directories of Google Chrome located in?
Where are the user profile directories of Google Chrome located in?
It may seem like a very simple question, but I couldn't find it.
I checked inside %APPDATA%, but there were noting relevant there.
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What is the difference between forward slashes and backslashes in paths? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does Windows use backslashes for paths and Unix forward slashes?
What is the main difference between forward slash (/) and backslash (\) in reference to paths, both ...
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Eclipse JRE not found in Path when launching from other hard drive
I start Eclipse from a hard drive that contains the Windows installation, but the current boot is from another Windows 7 HDD. Normally it would start fine when I booted from that HDD, but now it says:
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How can I find out the actual path to an EXE or BAT file?
If I have a long and involved PATH and I type the name of some command, how do I find out where the EXE or BAT file actually lives. I thought TRUENAME did this but it's gone from XP and I'm not sure ...
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Mac OS X Lion: What are invalid characters for a file name?
I am having trouble finding this information, and trial and error is telling me that there may not be any. So I figured I ask the community to see if anyone knows and can point me to a apple page that ...
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How can I permanently add a path to my bash profile? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I set PATH and other environment variables?
I would like to put the path of a binary in my bash profile which is not present in the usual location like /usr/bin ...
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Show Path in Lion's Finder as 'Sticky'
Show Path in Finder
Problem with this in Lion is that I must necessarily select this from the Viewe Menu for each Finder window, every time I open a Finder Window. Is there any way to make this a ...
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Executable not found despite PATH variable correctly set
Really weird behaviour on my system. I can execute xilperl.exe in the following way on my system:
C:\Xilinx\10.1\ise\bin\nt>xilperl.exe
In order to make things easier I do not wanna add the ...
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Change the path for ruby and irb to 1.9.2 in OSX
I recently used Homebrew to install Ruby 1.9.2 on OSX. The binary for the new version seems to be in /usr/local/bin.
When I type "ruby" (or "irb") in a terminal, I want the binaries corresponding to ...
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How do I hide the path in command line prompt on Windows?
I'm working on Windows 7 using the cmd console.
How do I hide the path in the prompt?
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Where to create a .profile on Mac OS X
I'm using Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Which folder do I create my .profile file in?
I like to create a path for /usr/local/mysql/bin – any tips on how to export this path? I only know how to type it for ...
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How can I update cygwin shell environment variables set in System Properties window
Suppose I go into the System Properties window and add an environment variable to the Path. If I have a terminal window open, it will be unaware of the change, so I close it and open another one.
Is ...
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windows cannot find %windir%\System32\msdt.exe
I'm having this issue when i'm on Device and Printers and i'm trying to load this particular path.
I think my disk / bios had just went kaputz. It somehow forgot where the system paths are like ...
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There is a limit to the net map directories on Windows?
I mapped 2 directores (W: and R:) for two folders on diferent paths on my local net. Now Im trying to map one more path and the option to map the folder just disapeared. Is this the limit? How can I ...
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Why does ~username/ change to /home/username if tab-completing a path with a space in it?
In ~jacksonc/temp/ there are two files, test.txt and space test.txt, both placed there through Windows (using Samba).
Using bash, if I type
cat ~jacksonc/temp/t[tab]
, it autocompletes to
cat ...
