I want to run a program shoutcast from any directory that i am currently on. It is not necessary that the program should reside in the same directory. I just want to install it and then whenever I want by just typing ./sc_ver command. Not necessarily being in that directory.

Is there a global variable file in which if I put an entry will work?

Thanks
AJ

What you need to do is put the program "sc_ver" in /usr/bin. You will need to be root. You can either copy it, or (better) create a symbolic link. To create symbolic link:
Where /path/to/shoutcast is the path to wherever sc_ver is.

If you do this, then you start the program like any other - no ./ needed. The ./ just means the current directory - ie ./sc_ver means execute the sc_ver that is in the current directory.

I hope this helps
--Ian

Thanks. I will try and let you know. but thanks a lot, that was quite clear.

There is an environment variable called PATH which contains directorys to look into when you want to execute something.

Run: echo $PATH

It should return something like:

/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11

You can either place the shoutcast executable in one of those directories and then logout and login again or you can create your own directory and add that directory to the PATH environment variable. The variable is usualy set when you login and during your login .bashrc or .profile in your home directory (sometimes not though) is sourced and the PATH environment is set either in there or by again sourcing /etc/profile. Take alook at those to files and see if you see a line that looks like:

PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11"

and add your new directory with the executable in it to it (seperate by semicolon). Logout and back in again and you should be good to go.

When executing shoutcast though, you won't need/want to type ./ before it. ./ means current directory.