Setting environment variables on OS X

Question

What is the proper way to modify environment variables like PATH in OS X?

I\'ve looked on Google a little bit and found three different files to edit:

Answer 1

I think the OP is looking for a simple, Windows-like solution.

Here you go:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/environmentvariablepreferencepane.html