Setting the PATH variable; Help (please)

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From: Simon
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 15:04

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Hi guys, I hope you can help me with this one.

I have just tried to install perl on a windows 98 machine.
I needed to add the line:
c:\bin
to the path statement.
I installed perl just to c:\
c:\bin was where the perl exes are
The current path was:
path=D:windows;D\windows\command
I saw this at the command line when I typed path
I then just tried to add c:\bin to this by typing:
path=C:\bin;D:windows;D\windows\command

I then changed directories to c:\bin
and tried to execute the following:
C:\bin:>perl example.pl
It worked. I then closed the command line
I then reopened, and wanted to see if c:\bin was still in the path
statement. It was not!

Question:

What am I doing wrong guys?
HOw do I make this a permanent part of the new path statement?

Thanking you in advance......
I went to a command prompt

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