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problem with the PATH variable


From: Mikolaj Krzewicki
Subject: problem with the PATH variable
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 19:47:22 +0200
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hi all,
i,m having a little bit of a problem with setting the searchpath in octave to 
what i want it to be.
I have two system binaries called "convert": one in /usr/bin and one in 
$DELPHIROOT/bin (part of a sesmic package)
my systemwide path is set to first look in $DELPHIROOT so it's not a problem,

bash:>which convert

returns /home/DELPHI/bin/convert
but in octave calling system("which convert") returns /usr/bin/convert! (so 
all calls to convert get me ImageMagick's convert)

octave:7> getenv("PATH")
ans = /usr/libexec/octave/2.1.46/site/exec/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu:
/usr/libexec/octave/site/exec/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu:
/usr/libexec/octave/2.1.46/exec/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu:/usr/bin
:~/bin:/home/SU/bin:/home/DELPHI/bin:/usr/kde/3.1/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
:/opt/bin:/usr/powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/3.2:/usr/X11R6/bin:/opt/ibm-jdk-1.3.1/bin
:/opt/ibm-jdk-1.3.1/jre/bin:/usr/qt/3/bin:/usr/kde/3.1/bin

it looks like octave inherits the PATH var from the shell it's started from 
but first it defines some of it's own INCLUDING /usr/bin

so the question is this: how do i remove /usr/bin from the "standard" path? 
(it is included in my own shell path anyway. but on the wrong place)
system is:
octave-2.1.46
gentoo linux on ppc
thanks in advance, Mikolaj Krzewicki



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