Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:39:16 -0400 From: "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net> To: Korcek Vladimir <Vladimir.Korcek@icn.siemens.de> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Execute program? Message-ID: <20011017093916.B40473@bus.net> In-Reply-To: <E705EE249FE6D3119BB50008C791E2E5023CFFAD@MCHH264E>; from Vladimir.Korcek@icn.siemens.de on Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 03:27:47PM %2B0200 References: <E705EE249FE6D3119BB50008C791E2E5023CFFAD@MCHH264E>
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On Wed, Oct 17, 2001 at 03:27:47PM +0200, Korcek Vladimir wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have a question about executing a programs. For example I've > currently installed Netscape. It's installed in directory > "/usr/local/netscape". I have to run it only from this directory and > with command "./netscape". I want to be able run it from anywhere > (from any directory) and lets say with command "netscape" without > "./". What should I do. Whitch file I have modify? What I have to > add and which file I have to add this to? If you install netscape from the ports tree, it will handle this for you, as well as adding a few other handy packages. But, to answer your question, you may just want to create a symolic link or a shell script in some directory in your path, such as /usr/local/bin. Of course, you'll need to be root of you are working in a system directory like /usr/local/bin. 1. Shell script method: Maybe something like "/usr/local/bin/netscape": #!/bin/sh exec /usr/local/netscape/path/to/netscape-binary "$@" Don't forget to ``chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/netscape'' 2. Symbolic link method: ln -s /usr/local/netscape/path/to/netscape-binary /usr/local/bin/netscape Good luck, Chuck To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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