Re: modifiying the path variable
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- Subject: [mg27009] Re: modifiying the path variable
- From: "Paul Lutus" <nospam at nosite.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:22:27 -0500 (EST)
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"Cristian Opazo-Castillo" <cropazo at vassar.edu> wrote in message news:956385$8m at smc.vnet.net... > Hello all: > > This is an easy one: how do I edit/modify the $Path variable? Hoe do I > treat environmental variables in general --within Mathematica--? Why not simply look up $Path in the help file? Its use and modification is explained there. As to environments variables, there are some shell issues, beyond the scope of Mathematica, that (in most cases) prevent meaningful, direct changes to their values at the system level. But see the command "Run" for examples of manipulating the environment. -- Paul Lutus www.arachnoid.com