[LBo] Running shell script

[Rafi Gabzu]

How do I add it permanently ?
In the $HOME/.bashrc  I do not see the PATH variable, I see it in the
/etc/profile (there it configure PATH for root and for user)
Thanks.

On 1/5/07, Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson at teksavvy.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Rafi Gabzu wrote:
>
> > I probably missed something  ,  why  in order  to  run  shell  script  I
> > need to  use the dot and back slash :(e.g  ./hello.sh ) ? why not just
> to
> > run it ...?
>
>      You can either use ./scriptname (that's a slash, not a backslash),
>      or you can put the script in a directory that is included in your
>      PATH. I recommend that you do the latter.
>
>      The shell looks in the directories in your PATH variable (a
>      colon-separated list of directories), and the current directory is
>      not usually included (nor should it be).
>
>      I recommend that you create your own directory (e.g., $HOME/bin)
>      and add it to your PATH in $HOME/.bashrc:
>
> PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
>
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