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Created November 23, 2011 20:51
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PATH problems :(
[2148][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ ls
README urxvt urxvt.sh
[2150][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ echo $PATH
/home/syranez/.wrapper:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.5.3:/usr/games/bin
[2150][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ which urxvt
/home/syranez/.wrapper/urxvt
[2150][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ which urxvt.sh
/home/syranez/.wrapper/urxvt.sh
[2150][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ urxvt.sh
urxvtc
[2150][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ urxvt
[2150][master][syranez@marathon:~/.wrapper]$ # called /usr/bin/urxvt :(
# Solution:
#+ PATH was defined like PATH=~/.wrapper:$PATH
#+ THAT is wrong. It does not work.
#+ You have to use $HOME: PATH=$HOME/.wrapper:$PATH
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