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lordbelial
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 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:20 pm Post subject: PATH? |
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I was reading a post said to
| Quote: | | put it somewhere in my PATH so that I don't have to type the directory that it's in every time. |
Whats PATH and how do I do it?
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mosquito
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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a path is the directories to a certain programe or file:
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/usr/bin/firefox
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lordbelial
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Where do I setup my system to be able to run a program no matter what directory Im in. E.G. to be able to run a game from any directory without having to go to that directory first.
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mosquito
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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you can make a symlink in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin to the programfile:
cd /usr/bin
ln -s /path/to/programe
then it should be possible for all users to run the programe nomatter what path you are at. |
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mosquito
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| forgot to tell you need to be root to make the symlink |
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abcdefg
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| Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| lordbelial wrote: | | Where do I setup my system to be able to run a program no matter what directory Im in. E.G. to be able to run a game from any directory without having to go to that directory first. |
To see waht directorys are in your path type
You can add direcotries to your path, for instance the game directory
| Code: | | export PATH=$PATH:/usr/games/bin |
Now every executable file in /ust/games/bin can be runned without being in /usr/games/bin
If you want your path to be like this every time you start a terminal you can add the line to your ~/.bashrc or edit /etc/profile |
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