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NAME

       surfraw-update-path - updates PATH in shell config files

SYNOPSIS

       surfraw-update-path [-add] [-remove] [-check] [-sys] [-all] [-help]
       [-shell=SHELL]

DESCRIPTION

       surfraw-update-path adds the surfraw elvi directory (/usr/lib/surfraw)
       to your PATH in your shell’s config file.

       Currently it supports bash, sh, csh, tcsh, ash, dash, ksh, pdksh, zsh,
       rc, and es

       Don’t forget to login again or source your login files for it to take
       effect.

OPTIONS

       -check
           Checks to see if the surfraw config code is present.  This is the
           default.

       -add
           Adds the surfraw config code.

       -remove
           Removes the surfraw config code

       -sys
           Updates the system-wide shell config instead of the user.  Must be
           done as root.

       -shell=SHELL
           Selects the shell to configure. Defaults to the value of the $SHELL
           environment variable.

           Currently supported shells are:

           sh, ash, bash, dash, csh, tcsh, ksh, pdksh, zsh, rc, and es.

       -all
           Attempts to configure the startup files for all known shells

       -help
           Gives a usage message

RETURN VALUE

       -check returns 0 if the surfraw code is present in the file, 1 if it is
       not found, or 2 on error.

       All other options return 0 on success, or 2 on error.

ENVIRONMENT

       SHELL
           Used to determine which shell to configure, if -shell is not given.

       HOME
           Used to find users config files.

       ENV Used by posix-compliant shells to specify a startup rc file.

       ZDOTDIR
           Used to find user config files for zsh. If not set, defaults to
           HOME.

SEE ALSO

       surfraw(1), sh(1), ash(1), bash(1), dash(1), csh(1), tcsh(1), ksh(1),
       pdksh(1), zsh(1), rc(1), es(1)

AUTHOR

       Ian Beckwith <ianb@erislabs.net>