On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi list !
>
> I installed RH Linux 6.1 last week. I tried to create a simple c program and
> run it. When I try to run the executable (or a shell script) from my
> /home/user directory I get a message bash: command: not known to bash. To make
> the executable run I have to type the whole path like /home/user/a.out, even
> though I am in the same directory as the executable. What is causing this
> problem? Is there something like path where I can put the path?
Environment variable PATH contains the search path for the command
interpreter to look for executables. Use the command
echo $PATH
to check it out.
You don't have to type the whole path to start a program in the current
directory, use ./a.out instead ("." means "the current directory"). If you
want to add the current dir to the path permanently, use these lines in
/etc/profile:
if [ ! "`id -u`" = "0" ]; then
PATH="$PATH:."
fi
This means: if userid is not equal to 0 (i.e. user is not root), add
current dir to the path. Having . in the path when you're root is
BAD. Think about it and try to figure out why.
cheers
Alex
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