How do I put my programs in my PATH?

grenal · 10-10-2003, 01:28 AM

Redhat 9

I tried to edit vi .bash_profile to put a program in my PATH so I could just type in the name, but I couldn't get it to edit like I was showed.

Any help with this, or maybe a different approach?

Thanks

wuck · 10-10-2003, 01:40 AM

The main approach to modify your path is:

Code:

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/your/new/path
export PATH

And replace /your/new/path with what you are going to add.
An other approach is the following: you could create a symlink in a dir that already sits in your path, like /usr/bin.
Use:

$ ln -s /your/new/path/your_program /usr/bin/your_program

And check it by saying:

$ ln -l /usr/bin/your_program

This is what I get with e.g. sh:

Code:

ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            4 Sep  5 11:40 /bin/sh -> bash*

grenal · 10-12-2003, 03:08 AM

Thanks,
That first approach worked perfectly.