4.3.7.2 Executable Programs Environment

Emacs searches for an executable program name in directories specified by the variable ‘exec-path’. This variable holds a list of directories, with the default value being initialized from the environment variable ‘PATH’ when Emacs is started.

Value of exec-path

• Users/lolh.opam/ocaml-base-compiler/bin
• /usr/local/work/workbin
• /usr/local/dev/bin
• /opt/local/bin
• /opt/local/sbin
• /usr/local/bin
• /usr/local/sbin
• /usr/bin
• /bin
• /usr/sbin
• /sbin
• /usr/local/smlnj/bin
• /Library/TeX/texbin
• /usr/local/go/bin
• /usr/local/MacGPG2/bin
• /opt/X11/bin

Value of $PATH

/Users/lolh/.opam/ocaml-base-compiler/bin:/usr/local/work/workbin:/usr/local/dev/bin:/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/smlnj/bin:/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/local/go/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/opt/X11/bin