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&gt;&gt;How would I correct this.. <br />
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What is incorrect about it?<br />
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PATH is the, well, the path Unix uses to look for executables when you type in a command.<br />
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What the syntax you show is doing is adding ORACLE_HOM/bin to the end of what PATH is already set to.<br />
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For example when you type in the command: who<br />
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Unix looks for what program in the folders in your PATH.
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>>How would I correct this..

What is incorrect about it?

PATH is the, well, the path Unix uses to look for executables when you type in a command.

What the syntax you show is doing is adding ORACLE_HOM/bin to the end of what PATH is already set to.

For example when you type in the command: who

Unix looks for what program in the folders in your PATH.

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Is this correct..<br />
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export PATH=$PATH:/oracle/app/ora<wbr />cle/produc<wbr />t/11.2.0/d<wbr />b/bin<br />
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This means what?
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Is this correct..

export PATH=$PATH:/oracle/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db/bin

This means what?

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The command is executed with out any error..<br />
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[newuser@newmac ~]$ export PATH=${PATH}:${ORACLE_HOME<wbr />}/bin<br />
[newuser@newmac ~]$ <br />
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But I here what is PATH means..<br />
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How would I correct this..
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The command is executed with out any error..

[newuser@newmac ~]$ export PATH=${PATH}:${ORACLE_HOME}/bin
[newuser@newmac ~]$ 

But I here what is PATH means..

How would I correct this..

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