Re: exec path

[Neuwirth Erich]

This:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51677/how-to-set-path-for-finder-launched-applications
has a description how to change the info.plist of an Application
to add or modify (among other things) Environment variables for this 
Application.


On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote:

> 
> Am 28.08.2013 um 01:54 schrieb Suvayu Ali:
> 
>> The OP is on a Mac.  I'm not sure Macs respect the rule: source the
>> profile file at login.
> 
> It does. The problem is that Mac OS X windowing applications are not launched 
> from a shell. So these processes can't inherit what's not there.
> 
> PATH and MANPATH can be set up by putting small files containing the path to 
> the executables or the man directory into the directories 
> /private/etc/paths.d resp. /private/etc/manpaths.d. The name of the files 
> should give some good hint what they are about (I have for example "X11", 
> "MacGPG2", "40-XQuartz", …). These files plus /private/etc/paths resp. 
> /private/etc/manpaths set up PATH resp. MANPATH for processes launched by Mac 
> OS X.
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>  Pete
> 
> If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
> 
>

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