How to modify $PATH variable

Hello,
I'm having problems editing my $PATH variable.
I've created a ".profile" with this line
export /my_path:$PATH
But when I launch Terminal again, I get this error:
-bash: export: `/my_path:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin': not a valid identifier
Is there something that I am missing? Or is there another easier way to edit my $PATH variable?
Cheers!
Max

I'm having problems editing my $PATH variable.
I've created a ".profile" with this line
export /my_path:$PATH
But when I launch Terminal again, I get this error:
-bash: export: `/my_path:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin': not a valid identifier
Is there something that I am missing? Or is there another easier way to edit my $PATH variable?
export PATH="/my_path:$PATH"
Also note, that bash will look for 1 of 3 initialization files
.bash_profile
.bash_login
.profile
In that order, and will use the first one it finds and then stop looking. If you also have a .bashrc file, you would source that in your shell initialization file
source $HOME/.bashrc
By the way, Terminal, Unix, and command line command questions are best asked in the Mac OS X Technologies > Unix Forum
<http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=735>

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