Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 22:02:42 +1000 (EST) From: Michael Henry <mhenry@cs.usyd.edu.au> To: Ng Kok Leong <klng@psl.com.sg> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: path Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.05.9908132150510.11944-100000@hons.cs.usyd.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <37B404C4.332848AE@psl.com.sg>
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I assume you're using a Bourne-like shell such as BASH. In this case, you need to "export" your PATH for it to be visible by your shell. For example, my .profile looks like: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/home/mhenry/bin:. export PATH . . . Notice the last entry ".", so the shell will look in the current directory. If you are using csh or tcsh, you'll need to set your path in the .cshrc. Since I don't use either of these shells I can't tell you much more about it, but look at the man page for your shell. I hope this helps, Michael -- ==================================================================== Michael Henry aviast AT hons.cs.usyd.edu.au Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. --Bertrand Russell On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, Ng Kok Leong wrote: >Hi, > >I am new to FreeBSD and currently I am working with FreeBSD3.2. >May I know where can I set the directory path so that I do not have >to go to the directory where the file resides in order to access it? >I have tried to set the PATH variable in the .profile file but this does > >not seems to work. > >Currently, when I want to run a executable program, eg. check, in the >directory that I am in, >I have to key in > ./check > >Can I solve the problem of keying ./ by setting the PATH=./ ? >How can check the path setting? > >Hope to hear from you soon. Thank you in advance. > >Regards > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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