# OSX Path Environments

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/osx-path-environments/331068>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [May 8, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/osx-path-environments/331068 "2013-05-08T11:15:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeancnicolas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@jeancnicolas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeancnicolas)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 11:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/osx-path-environments/331068/1 "2013-05-08T11:15:58Z")

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Hello - is this the right place to ask about my .bashrc file and correctly setting environment paths on osx!?

Whats the difference between these setups for including scripts to my current shell?

```auto
export PATH=$PATH:~/.bin             
export PATH="/usr/local/share/npm/bin:$PATH"
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.rvm/bin

```

Is there a best practice … !? it’s confusing me with all these different options.

THANKS!