Move the executable into a directory in your path, or add the directory to your PATH in your .bash_profile. On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, bruce wrote: > hi.. > > i have a executable file in a dir on the hardrive... > > what do i have to do (what command) to allow me to simply type the name of > the executable from anywhere on the drive, and have the exe run... > > searching through google/redhat appears to give a few different ways... > > thanks... > > -bruce > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list