BASH text executable

blackbox · 02-28-2005, 07:43 AM

Hi

How do I make a bash text executable in the terminal in any directory?
In another words, I no longer need to execute a certain program within that directory where the program resides.

E.g:

I can simply type the executable text in any directory like:

"user@ttyp2[Desktop]$ egpgrm

Instead of executing the program within the directory where the program resides:

"user@ttyp2[home]$ ./egpgrm"

Thanks in advance..

hw-tph · 02-28-2005, 07:49 AM

Type export PATH=$PATH:/home/myself/bin, where /home/myself/bin is the directory which contains the executable you want to be able to run. The environment variable $PATH is a colon-separated list of directories, and by typing the above you append your directory to the list of directories in $PATH (type echo $PATH to see what directories are there).

To always have this set, add that line to your ~/.bashrc and make sure your ~/.bash_profile sources your ~/.bashrc. Add this to your ~/.bash_profile if it's not already there:

Code:

if [ -e ~/.bashrc ]
then
    source ~/.bashrc
fi

Håkan