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thanks for the prompt reply!!
my .bash_profile entry: 
INFOPATH=/home/ritesh/info:
export INFOPATH
(/home/ritesh is my HOME and ~/info is the directory where i've put my
new info files)
echo $INFOPATH returns:
/home/ritesh/info: