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Old 12-16-2010
c program to a utility
Hi,
I have a c program file.c i want to make this code a utility to use again and again in unix. can you please tell how i can make .c code file into a utility.

Thanks
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Old 12-16-2010
Compile it and install into /usr/local/bin. If it dosn't already come with a manual (.man extension) it's well worth writing one, see this document for a quick how-to:

Writing and Formmating UNIX Manual Pages with -man macros

If you want to move into distributing it to many systems the next stage is to produce rpm packages (either binary distributions or source + makefile).
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Originally Posted by Chubler_XL
Compile it and install into /usr/local/bin. If it dosn't already come with a manual (.man extension) it's well worth writing one, see this document for a quick how-to:

Writing and Formmating UNIX Manual Pages with -man macros

If you want to move into distributing it to many systems the next stage is to produce rpm packages (either binary distributions or source + makefile).
Thanks for reply brother but i didnt understand. I have a code in c program, let say to that count words in a file. this is a big code. now what i want is give that code a name( utility) to use in unix as a command ( man, echo etc etc)
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Old 12-16-2010
Hi you can use 'alias command'.
alias urUtilityName='/urpath/executableName' - This will not work, if u change the shell or reboot the system.
So add the same line in ur .profile, it will work always.
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