[Pythonmac-SIG] Help with path settings

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> George Wright <georgewr at bigpond.net.au> (GW) wrote:

>GW> I guess I should leave the python 2.3 where it is

Yes, you should never remove the system provided Python from your computer.

>>> There are quite a lot of places where environment variables can be  set.
>>> 
>>> E.g. ~/.profile ~/.bashrc ~/.login ~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login,
>>> ~/.cshrc
>>> ~/.tcshrc
>>> /etc/csh.cshrc /etc/csh.login /etc/profile /etc/bashrc
>>> ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist
>>> 
>GW> Well this is a very helpful list. First time I've seen them all at  once.
>GW> Are there any more?

The /etc/rc* files are executed at boot time under certain circumstances,
but I am not sure if the environment variables they set will reach the
shell or the desktop environment.
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