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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Do I really need Web Platform Installer in my Path environment variable
I'm not sure how this got onto my path:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\
but it did, and now I want to know if I can safely remove it. Why is it there, and what, if any, negative ...
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Are there any alternatives to adding to the PATH environment variable in Windows?
Many applications (specially developer tools) require that you add the path to the PATH enviroment variable in Windows. I know what is does, but for me this feels low-level
Aren't there any ...
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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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rawtherapee : path to open picture in gimp
In Rawtherapee (RAW image manipulation app) what's the path to Edit the current image in external editor (gimp)?
I've tried: /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/MacOS/gimp-2.8 but doesn't work (of ...
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Where to store bash scripts that all users may execute on Debian?
I have many bash scripts on my server, that all users may use.
but it seems the location
/usr/local/sbin
is not the best place.
I don't want to use the home directory of the users, cause ...
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how do I add /usr/local/sbin to the PATH of a user? [duplicate]
if I type
echo $PATH
I only get
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games
how can I add /usr/local/sbin to the path, so it is already there the next time?
(I use debian ...
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Delete endless file directory
I had a bug in my java app, which created a folder structure, which never ends..
So i have afolder structure like
C:/folder/folder/folder/folder/folder/.../...
Now I am not able to delete this ...
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In Windows 7 where should Path be set by Programs?
What are the proper procedures for the setting and use of the environment variable PATH in Windows 7?
I have a Dell Desktop that defines 19 entries in the Path variable. These include 5 entries for ...
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How can I add a folder containing a semicolon to the Windows PATH?
I noticed that the semicolon ; is a valid character for Windows (NTFS) file and directory names.
The semicolon is, however, used as element delimiter for the PATH environment variable.
Say I have a ...
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Creating a system variable
I would like to get some suggestion regarding adding an entry to the PATH variable under System Variables.
Whenever I install a program on my windows machine, I end up adding the path to the program ...
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How to get the Three.js import/export scripts into Blender on Ubuntu?
I have been working with 3D primitives in Three.js, but now I want to import some models. I plan on using Blender, which I have just downloaded with:
sudo apt-get install blender
However, I was ...
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How can I recover the Windows 7 PATH system variable? [duplicate]
I was installing GTK+ and the installer overwrote my path instead of appending to it. This is my developer machine at work, my path was full with all sorts of developer tools. What can I do to get it ...
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Define extra `$PATH` for either Passenger or nginx
I have a server with nginx and Passenger serving a Ruby on Rails app. It uses Bundler.
Somewhere in this stack, the $PATH gets set to /var/www/APPNAME/shared/bundle/ruby/1.8/bin/. This directory ...
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What is the path for JDK on Windows 7 64-bit?
When I work with the JDK, it says that javac is not recognized as an internal or external command. What shall I do? What is the path for jdk1.6.0_21?
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Executable not found although in PATH
My $PATH is set to a lot of directories including ~/bin and ~/target/bin
I want to execute script.sh which is in ~/target/bin but I get the error bash: ~/bin/script.sh: No such file or directory
...
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Mac OSX: conventional places where binary files should live
I'm only vaguely familiar with Unix and the filesystem convention for Macs, so sorry if this is a dumb/easy question.
I've downloaded an application that is a command-line application, and want to ...
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How to resolve conflicts with different apps relying on different PATH variables?
I have two programs that rely on some .dll files. (Wikidpad and Microsoft WebMatrix2.)
I was using WikidPad for a while without issue. After I installed WebMatrix2 (which uses IIS Express, I ...
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What are PATH and other environment variables, and how can I set or use them?
Questions about
setting environment variables
the PATH
are very common here, and in most cases the answers are very similar to each other. In the future it would be nice to have a good Q/A for ...
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win-bash won't detect root drives?
I'm using the windows port of bash known as win-bash, and based on what it says about paths:
One important difference is the handling of drives: cygwin uses its
installation directory as root ...
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which program is really running?
I am running a self-compiled version on python2.7, --prefix=$HOME, so as not to interfere with the standard installation of python2.6 (on Ubuntu 10.04). Had some problem importing the ssl modules, ...
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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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Restore 'where' to PATH? [duplicate]
I'm trying to find out where programs are installed, but Windows can't find where!
Trace:
C:\Documents and Settings\apenneba>where java
'where' is not recognized as an internal or external ...
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I can no longer run ruby scripts from textmate
I used to have a setup where I could run ruby scripts directly from textmate, even if I used a set of gems and included them with require 'mygem'.
So I have a file ~/.tm_properties which enabled this ...
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OpenSSH connection doent display Path or Name
I recently re-installed a Ubuntu server (12.10) and I happened to have a minor issue with OpenSSH.
Once I created some new Accounts and logged into those the terminal always replys with
"$".
...
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MANPATH_MAP's being recognized but not used?
Short version
When you run man -dsome_command and the MANPATH environment variable is set, it outputs lines reading:
found manpath map /something/bin --> /something/share/man
But does not find ...
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How can I prevent macports from taking over my PATH?
How can I prevent macports from taking over my PATH? I still want to have the installed software show up, but I want things in the standard system paths (/bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, ...) to have precedence ...
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Script with path in Filemaker Pro 12
I'm using OS X 10.6 & Filemaker Pro 12; I'd like to have a script in FM to automatically open a .pdf file from a container field using Preview (dumping the file on the desktop) but it has to be ...
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Which DLL is Windows using?
I am trying to run a program on my Windows 2000 machine that is installed in C:\Program Files\TradeLog. The program crashes with an "Invalid operation in GDI+ (Code: 1)" exception message. This ...
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Is there a convenient way to edit PATH in Windows 7?
I do not understand why Windows 7 is still adopting this stuffy dialog box? I feel uncomfortable when editing and looking-up a path in this narrow text box.
Is there a convenient way to edit PATH ...
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I think I broke something in my registry
So this is a two part problem.
I was following directions trying to install some software and I misunderstood a poorly written segment of the installation instructions.
This led to me deleting my ...
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GitHub's password cache helper doesn't recognize git in path
I'm trying to set up the password caching utility that GitHub recommends for Windows 7 at the bottom of this page. When I run the installer, it tells me that it can't find GIT in my path environment ...
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How can I scp when path and / or filename to copy has spaces?
I have in a remote remote_host a file like this:
\home\user\path with spaces\filename with spaces.ext
And I want to scp it to current dir .. How can I do that?
Thanks!
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Windows 7 - extending path variable by another entry leads to failure
I experience a very strange problem. I have the following path variable.
%SystemRoot%\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Python27\;C:\Python27\Scripts;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft ...
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Notepad++ command to tweak document path and filename
In Notepad++ 5.8.6, is there a way to copy to the clipboard the current document's full path and filename after applying a regular expression replace?
For example, I can do Edit > Copy to Clipboard > ...
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How can I print full path of an executable command in Windows?
At the moment when trying to run tf command and/or any other run-able command, I need to open Visual Studio Command to get it executable. I like to use the normal console and/or the alternative ...
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Illustrator CS5: type handles move when adding a point on text path
I have some text on a straight 2 point path: the path is longer than the text so the start and end handles of the text sit well within the limits of the path. I want to reshape/bend the path, which ...
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Homebrew installation of git won't take precedence over system version (in /usr/bin/)
OS X (or Xcode) comes bundled with git 1.7.something, but after brew install git (1.8.0), which git keeps returning the old /usr/bin/git.
This is what I get when I echo $PATH right now:
...
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Why can't Excel open a file when run from task scheduler?
I wrote a powershell script that opens an excel workbook and runs a macro. When I run that script from PS console, or even from command line using powershell.exe script.ps1, it jus works. When I set ...
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Copying files, Windows 260 character path length limit, can a Linux system bypass this?
As many of us may know, windows has a limit to how many characters can be in the destination of where you can paste a file this is destination folder+file name, 255 xp, 256 vista, 260 seven and up.
...
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launching applications from the Windows command prompt?
Is there a Linux methodology to include .exe files symbolically to a location referenced by the %PATH%? The process seems trouble free on Linux, but when attempting to do similar actions via mklink on ...
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Access to a disk drive using volume ID instead of a drive letter in Windows
Can I access to a disk drive using volume ID instead of a drive letter in Windows? It could be very useful for external drives.
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Why would the TEMP environment variable contain more than one path?
A colleague's %TEMP% environment variable has this value:
C:\Users\his.name\AppData\Local\Temp; C:\Program Files (x86)\MATLAB\MATLAB Compiler Runtime\v78\runtime\win32; C:\Program Files ...
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How to make scripts run from anywhere on OS X?
I've correctly added my scripts folder to my $PATH. But I still cannot run the scripts from anywhere by simply calling them. How do I achieve this?
Example. If I have ~/scripts/ in my path and in ...
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Installing Emacs in custom directory (on OS X)
Fed up with emacs22 that came with Xcode, I set out to upgrade to emacs24. I do not want to overwrite the system defaults, and do not want to mess up with it either, so I tried to install emacs in a ...
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How can I update the default Python installation/fix my $PATH on Mac OS X 10.6.7?
I know this question has been asked before on this site, and I have found a couple worthy discussions, but the solutions I've found and tried do not work. I want to learn Python and I'm having trouble ...
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How to change a symlink in OS X?
How do I change where a symlink points to, without deleting and creating a new one (with ln -s "/path/to/point/to" "/path/where/symlink/is")?
When I tried doing that with, for example, to Java's ...
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Deleted Path environment variable, how to restore?
I accidentally deleted the Path environment variable by creating a new one with Path name.
How can i restore my old Path environment variable?
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Where is my PATH env. var being redefined?
Since a couple of days ago my Ubuntu 12.04 installation is presenting some strange behavior, due to auto update probably, as I've not messing with any config:
1 - The system default encoding changed ...
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PowerShell in conEmu has different PATH from cmd
Why does PowerShell on conEmu have a different PATH from cmd?
I see this when I do openssl version in PowerShell I see that 2007 version and in cmd I see the 2013 version....
This is my startup ...
