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PATH (variable)
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<p>PATH is an <a href="/facts/Environment_variable/WxkrJQpP">environment variable</a> on <a href="/facts/Unix-like/YAKrAxzd">Unix-like</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating systems</a>, <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>, <a href="/facts/OS%2f2/uVBl6ItP">OS/2</a>, and <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Microsoft Windows</a>, specifying a set of <a href="/facts/Directory_(file_systems)/VLtLcEXY">directories</a> where executable programs are located. In general, each executing <a href="/facts/Process_(computing)/Vcq7EnUV">process</a> or <a href="/facts/Login_session/plmwnSNU">user session</a> has its own PATH setting. </p>