On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, bruce wrote: > anth... > > just what i was looking for!!!! > > ps... how can i get the changes in the /.bashrc /etc/profile to take > effect.. or do i have to reboot... Just log out and log back in. > -----Original Message----- > From: Anth Courtney [mailto:anth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 2:49 PM > To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: basic linux question.. > > > Bruce, > > Howzit. > > > 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... > > You need to add the directory to your path. > > If the directory was /opt/mydirectory then you could do > > export env PATH=$PATH:/opt/mydirectory > > You can then just type the name of the file and bingo. > > To make a change like this more permanent, you'll want to add it into > /etc/profile - look at the pathmunge examples in there and just add your > own. > > cheers, > Anth > > -- 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
