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		hnbear on Feb 17, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to add a directory to your PATH I've used a Mac and linux for 20+ years and never knew about this. Maybe coming to OS X from linux meant I never bothered to ask the official way to set a path. How did you find out about it? This feels like a hidden secret. Is that directory maintained across OS updates?

soneil on Feb 18, 2025 [–]

I don't think I've ever lost a setting from there. the manpage (path_helper) was last updated 2007, so I think it's fair to say it's not a very dynamic corner of the OS.

hnbear on Feb 18, 2025 | [–]

I was worried more sometimes the OS will just reset everything in /etc (and other places) on reinstall

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