a shell script edited, so all users can use it without having to type the whole path

Goalswish · 05-10-2006, 08:58 PM

I am working on a project, and I need to have a shell script edited, so all users can use it without having to type the whole path -- just the script name.
I think i have to put the PATH in the script ,but am lost as to how.
Any Info will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

ataraxia · 05-10-2006, 09:12 PM

Nothing you can do inside the script will accomplish this. You need to find (or make) someplace which is in all users' paths, and put the script there. /usr/local/bin is commonly used for this purpose.

eatranman · 05-10-2006, 10:42 PM

you may have to give file ownership to a the group user. its a guess
send me a email wwe can talk

Dralnu · 05-10-2006, 10:49 PM

Make the script where ever you want to, then in the users .bashrc or whatever file it is for aliases in shell, add in an alias. Works for me

nadroj · 05-10-2006, 10:54 PM

/etc/profile would be a good place to put it.

Goalswish · 05-11-2006, 10:37 AM

Thanks everone.
What i did was copy the file into root/bin and it worked.

cp /home/Happy/bin/file /bin
(from root)
Thanks again