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| author | Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com> | 2016-10-08 14:06:59 +0300 |
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| committer | Egor Tensin <Egor.Tensin@gmail.com> | 2016-10-08 14:06:59 +0300 |
| commit | c776b963021c97e5754a25ec0843f0bdee62caaa (patch) | |
| tree | 5d7d161c750b361d11ab225d7e966e6b8280b783 | |
| parent | remove fix_nt_symbol_path.exe (diff) | |
| download | windows-env-c776b963021c97e5754a25ec0843f0bdee62caaa.tar.gz windows-env-c776b963021c97e5754a25ec0843f0bdee62caaa.zip | |
README update
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@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Windows environment variables ============================= -A collection of simple programs to manage environment variables on Windows, +A collection of simple utilities to manage Windows environment variables, created mainly to: * learn a bit of Haskell, -* make it easier to add paths to the `PATH` variable, automatically setup -`_NT_SYMBOL_PATH`, etc. +* make it easier to add directories to the `PATH` variable, list missing +directories in your `PATH`, etc. Building -------- @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Using [stack]: ... > stack build +... ``` [stack]: http://docs.haskellstack.org/en/stable/README/ @@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ Installation ``` > stack install +... ``` Usage @@ -40,7 +42,7 @@ The complete list of utilities is given below. * [set_env] — Set environment variables. * [unset_env] — Unset environment variables. -Pass the `--help` flag to a utility to examine its detailed usage information. +Pass the `--help` flag to an utility to examine its detailed usage information. Some examples are given below. [list_path]: #list_path @@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ Some examples are given below. ### list_path -List directories in your `PATH` variable: +List directories in your `PATH`: ``` > list_path @@ -63,6 +65,8 @@ C:\Users\Egor\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin ... ``` +Only list missing directories in your `PATH`: + ``` > list_path --missing C:\Users\Egor\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin @@ -83,8 +87,23 @@ Continue? (y/n) y > ``` +Add "C:\test" to global `PATH`, skipping the confirmation prompt: + +``` +> add_path --global -y C:\test +``` + ### remove_path +Remove "C:\test" from current user's `PATH`: + +``` +> remove_path C:\test +Saving variable 'PATH' to 'HKCU\Environment'... + Old value: C:\Users\Egor\AppData\Roaming\local\bin;C:\Users\Egor\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin;C:\test + New value: C:\Users\Egor\AppData\Roaming\local\bin;C:\Users\Egor\AppData\Roaming\cabal\bin +``` + Remove "C:\test" from both current user's and global `PATH`s, skipping the confirmation prompt: |