From c776b963021c97e5754a25ec0843f0bdee62caaa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Egor Tensin Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2016 14:06:59 +0300 Subject: README update --- README.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9028a40..4c07b4e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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: -- cgit v1.2.3