Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 15:10:45 +0100 From: David Dooley <dpd@raffles-it.com> To: "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net> Cc: Korcek Vladimir <Vladimir.Korcek@icn.siemens.de>, "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Execute program? Message-ID: <200110171410.f9HEAjc06221@arrow.lan.raffles-it.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Chuck O'Donnell" <cao@bus.net> of "Wed, 17 Oct 2001 09:39:16 EDT." <20011017093916.B40473@bus.net>
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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 > You could always try adding the directory to your path, by modifying ether the system profile or your own local profile, depending on which shell your using. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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