Problems setting paths

[nroberts420]

I'm trying to use profile.local to set a path in Red Hat 9. I want to be able to use all the commands in the sbin folder just like I would any other command (without having to type the path). I entered this line into the file and even after I run the script it still doesn't work.

PATH=/sbin:$PATH

I have used commands similar to that and it has worked. Why doesn't that work?

 

[fluid11]

Trying adding the command to the ~/.bash_profile file.

Chris

 

[nroberts420]

I just tried that and nothing, I have this line in my .bash_local file for my user account:

PATH=/sbin:$PATH:$HOME/bin

 

[fluid11]

What happens if you run that command from the shell?

echo $PATH
PATH=$PATH:/sbin
echo $PATH

ChrisP

 

[franklin97355]

Don't you have to export the path after you set it to make it stick?

 

[nroberts420]

if I do it that way it works just fine. In the file the line after the path is set is an export PATH command.