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| 23 | .Dd March 15, 2007 | |
| 24 | .Dt path_helper 8 | |
| 25 | .Os "Mac OS X" | |
| 26 | .Sh NAME | |
| 27 | .Nm path_helper | |
| 28 | .Nd helper for constructing PATH environment variable | |
| 29 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 30 | .Nm | |
| 31 | .Op Fl c | Fl s | |
| 32 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 33 | The | |
| 34 | .Nm | |
| 35 | utility reads the contents of the files in the directories | |
| 36 | .Pa /etc/paths.d | |
| 37 | and | |
| 38 | .Pa /etc/manpaths.d | |
| 39 | and appends their contents to the | |
| 40 | .Ev PATH | |
| 41 | and | |
| 42 | .Ev MANPATH | |
| 43 | environment variables respectively. | |
| 44 | (The | |
| 45 | .Ev MANPATH | |
| 46 | environment variable will not be modified unless it is already set | |
| 47 | in the environment.) | |
| 48 | .Pp | |
| 49 | Files in these directories should contain one path element per line. | |
| 50 | .Pp | |
| 51 | Prior to reading these directories, default | |
| 52 | .Ev PATH | |
| 53 | and | |
| 54 | .Ev MANPATH | |
| 55 | values are obtained from the files | |
| 56 | .Pa /etc/paths | |
| 57 | and | |
| 58 | .Pa /etc/manpaths | |
| 59 | respectively. | |
| 60 | .Pp | |
| 61 | Options: | |
| 62 | .Bl -tag -width Ds | |
| 63 | .It Fl c | |
| 64 | Generate C-shell commands on stdout. This is the default if | |
| 65 | .Ev SHELL | |
| 66 | ends with "csh". | |
| 67 | .It Fl s | |
| 68 | Generate Bourne shell commands on stdout. This is the default if | |
| 69 | .Ev SHELL | |
| 70 | does not end with "csh". | |
| 71 | .El | |
| 72 | .Sh NOTE | |
| 73 | The | |
| 74 | .Nm | |
| 75 | utility should not be invoked directly. | |
| 76 | It is intended only for use by the shell profile. |