/etc/profile wtf?!?!
 

i used the echo command to see where java was and the output was blank... here is my profile...

# /etc/profile

# System wide environment and startup programs, for login setup
# Functions and aliases go in /etc/bashrc

pathmunge () {
if ! echo $PATH | /bin/egrep -q "(^|:)$1($|:)" ; then
if [ "$2" = "after" ] ; then
PATH=$PATH:$1
else
PATH=$1:$PATH
fi
fi
}

# Path manipulation
if [ `id -u` = 0 ]; then
pathmunge /sbin
pathmunge /usr/sbin
pathmunge /usr/local/sbin
fi

pathmunge /usr/X11R6/bin after

unset pathmunge

# No core files by default
ulimit -S -c 0 > /dev/null 2>&1

USER="`id -un`"
LOGNAME=$USER
MAIL="/var/spool/mail/$USER"

HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
HISTSIZE=1000

if [ -z "$INPUTRC" -a ! -f "$HOME/.inputrc" ]; then
INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc
fi

export PATH USER LOGNAME MAIL HOSTNAME HISTSIZE INPUTRC

for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do
if [ -r "$i" ]; then
. $i
fi
done

unset i



i have no idea where it goes..the JAVA in the statment and the rest of the lines your suupse to add...can someone tell me what its' suppose to look like?/ thanks...

Your running fedora right? Me too...I have no idea please let me know if you find a solution!

The echo command? Should you use :

whereis -b java

or

java -version

Second, I do not support modifying anything in /etc/profile. Especially, if you are new to linux. try $HOME/.bash_profile instead.

HTH

altoine