Initial Path - Question...

[Michael D. Setzer II]

I have the g4l project that uses busybox plus a number of other programs.
A number of the additional programs I was building and installing manually into directories in 
the path. As it turns out, some of the programs make install puts the files in the /usr/local/bin 
or /usr/local/sbin. 

I then wrote a little script that will compare the files in my build directory, to the systems to 
see if the files have been updated, and show what is different. I then moved the files from 
there old locations to the new /usr/local directories. I had found a web page saying the 
/usr/local directories are part of the standard path. But a test of the new build fail, and 
checking the path showed the /usr/local were not part of the path with the boot. 

I added an export to command to the .bash_profile to fix the issue, but was wondering if there 
is a better way, or if this is how things are suppose to be. Not sure where the PATH value is 
set.

Thanks.

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