diff --git a/pathtools/GNUmakefile b/pathtools/GNUmakefile
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+include GNUmakevars
+
+TARGETS = apppath preppath delpath apppath.1 preppath.1 delpath.1
+CONFDIR=../../configure
+CONFDIR_exists=$(shell [ -d $(CONFDIR) ] && echo ok)
+
+all: configure $(TARGETS)
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(TARGETS) *.bak core foo bar baz *.ps
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -f customize
+
+install: $(BINDIR) \
+    $(BINDIR)/apppath \
+    $(BINDIR)/preppath \
+    $(BINDIR)/delpath \
+    $(MAN1DIR)/apppath.1 \
+    $(MAN1DIR)/preppath.1 \
+    $(MAN1DIR)/delpath.1 \
+
+
+%.1: %.pl
+	pod2man $< > $@
+
+%: %.pl customize
+	sh ./customize < $< > $@
+	chmod +x $@
+
+%: %.sh customize
+	sh ./customize < $< > $@
+	chmod +x $@
+
+customize: configure
+	sh ./configure
+
+$(BINDIR):
+	mkdir -p $@
+
+ifeq ($(CONFDIR_exists),ok)
+
+configure: $(CONFDIR)/start $(CONFDIR)/perl $(CONFDIR)/finish
+	cat $^ > $@
+
+endif
+
+
+include GNUmakerules
diff --git a/pathtools/apppath.pl b/pathtools/apppath.pl
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+++ b/pathtools/apppath.pl
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+#!@@@perl@@@ -w
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+apppath - append directories to path
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+apppath [-c] directory...
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+apppath appends the directories given as arguments to the PATH and
+prints the new path on stdout.
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<-c>
+
+Check whether the directories exist before adding them. Nonexistent
+directories are silently ignored.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Peter J. Holzer <hjp@hjp.at>.
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+my $path = $ENV{PATH};
+my @path = split(/:/, $path);
+my $check;
+
+if ($ARGV[0] eq '-c') {
+    $check = 1;
+    shift;
+}
+
+if ($#ARGV == 0 && $ARGV[0] =~ /:/) {
+    @ARGV = split(/:/, $ARGV[0]);
+}
+
+nd: for my $nd (@ARGV) {
+    for my $od (@path) {
+	next nd if ($nd eq $od);
+    }
+    push @path, $nd if (!$check || -d $nd);
+}
+print join(':', @path), "\n";
diff --git a/pathtools/delpath.pl b/pathtools/delpath.pl
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+++ b/pathtools/delpath.pl
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+#!@@@perl@@@ -w
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+delpath - delete directories from path
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+delpath directory...
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+delpath deletes the directories given as arguments from the PATH and
+prints the new path on stdout.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Peter J. Holzer <hjp@hjp.at>.
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+
+if ($#ARGV == 0 && $ARGV[0] =~ /:/) {
+    @ARGV = split(/:/, $ARGV[0]);
+}
+
+my $path = $ENV{PATH};
+my @path = split(/:/, $path);
+
+my %del;
+for (@del{@ARGV}) {
+    $_ = 1;
+}
+
+@path = grep { !$del{$_} } @path;
+
+print join(':', @path), "\n";
diff --git a/pathtools/preppath.pl b/pathtools/preppath.pl
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+++ b/pathtools/preppath.pl
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+#!@@@perl@@@ -w
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+preppath - prepend directories to path
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+preppath [-c] directory...
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+apppath prepends the directories given as arguments to the PATH,
+eliminates  any duplicates prints the new path on stdout. 
+
+=head1 OPTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<-c>
+
+Check whether the directories exist before adding them. Nonexistent
+directories are silently ignored.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Peter J. Holzer <hjp@hjp.at>.
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+my $path = $ENV{PATH};
+my @path = split(/:/, $path);
+my $check;
+
+if ($ARGV[0] eq '-c') {
+    $check = 1;
+    shift;
+}
+
+if ($#ARGV == 0 && $ARGV[0] =~ /:/) {
+    @ARGV = split(/:/, $ARGV[0]);
+}
+
+my %seen;
+my @newpath;
+
+for my $d (@ARGV, @path) {
+    if (!$seen{$d} && (!$check || -d $d)) {
+	push @newpath, $d;
+	$seen{$d} = 1;
+    }
+}
+print join(':', @newpath), "\n";