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Setting defaults for programs in osx6/17/2023 ![]() ![]() It will have to depend on what the script is doing inside. Iplus26's answer stated "when (you run) echo $PATH, The $PATH string will be PATH_SET_IN_3&4:PATH_SET_IN_1:PATH_SET_IN_2" but this isn't always the case. Finally, the $PATH is further modified in ~/.zshrc.Each line in each text file inside /etc/paths.d directory gets appended.Each line in /etc/paths text file gets appended.Read more: Mac OS X: Set / Change $PATH Variable - nixCraftĬonfirming iplus26's answer with one correction.īelow is the order in which the $PATH environment variable is modified: Noticed that the first two ways ( /etc/paths and /etc/path.d) is in / directory which will affect all the accounts in your computer while the last two ways ( ~/.bash* or ~/.zsh*) is in ~/ directory (aka, /Users/yourusername/) which will only affect your account settings. The $PATH string will be PATH_SET_IN_3&4:PATH_SET_IN_1:PATH_SET_IN_2. If you're using a "zsh" environment ( Oh-My-Zsh, for example), you should check out ~./zshrc instead of ~/.bash* thing.Īnd don't forget to restart all the terminal windows, then echo $PATH. There may be not that file yet, but these two files have effects on the $PATH. If you're using a "bash" environment (the default Terminal.app, for example), you should check out ~/.bash_profile or ~/.bashrc. You can ls -l /etc/paths.d to list items and rm /etc/paths.d/path_you_dislike to remove items. It may be that I have to eventually just 'give up' and write my own simple library around the defaults binary but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try to query others to see if there was an existing solution.I've found that there are some files that may affect the $PATH variable in macOS (works for me, 10.11 El Capitan), listed below:Īs the top voted answer said, vi /etc/paths, which is recommended from my point of view.Īlso don't forget the /etc/paths.d directory, which contains files may affect the $PATH variable, set the git and mono-command path in my case. Since I am also starting to use Ruby more, I would also like to find a Ruby library with similar functionality. Ideally I would like to find a library that would make it easy to read from (and as a bonus write to) the OSX defaults system in a way similar to the following python psudo code. Recently while trying another search for a Python library I changed the search terms to something using something like NSUserDefaults (I have now forgotten the exact term) I found a Python library called userdefaults but it was developed for an older version of OSX (10.2) with an older version of Python (2.3) and I have not had much luck in getting it to compile on OSX 10.6 and Python 2.6 I thought of trying to read the plist files directly but it seems like the plist libraries I have found (such as the built in python one) are only able to read the XML ones (not the binary ones) which is a problem if I ever set anything with the defaults program since it will convert it back to a binary plist. ![]() I have been attempting to search via google off and on for a library to use the OSX defaults system which ends up being somewhat difficult when "defaults" is part of your query string. When I try to do a similar thing in Python or Ruby it tends to be a little more annoying since you have to do additional work to check the return code of defaults to see if there is an error. When writing a shell script using simple bash commands, it is easy enough to use backticks to call the defaults binary to read the preferences and if there is an error reading the preference, the script stops execution and you can see the error and fix it. Recently I have become a fan of storing various settings used for my testing scripts in the OSX defaults system as it allows me to keep various scripts in git and push them to github without worrying about leaving passwords/settings/etc hardcoded into the script. ![]()
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