Command only works in it's own directory - UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

pipp · #1 11-18-2006

Unix/Darwin/MacOSX Terminal -- and I'm a newby.

I have a file called 'symfony' here:

/opt/sf/data/bin/symfony

If I go:

cd /opt/sf/data/bin

and then,

./symfony -V

It responds with the version number (like it should)

Great.

However, if I go to another directory:

cd /another/directory

and then try the same command, only this time with the whole path:

/opt/sf/data/bin/symfony -V

It doesn't work. Why is that?

(I thought it was a conflict with another file by the same name in /usr/bin, so I changed the name of the one I want to symfony_dev, and that didn't make any difference)

pipp · #2 11-19-2006

*RESOLVED*

It appears that in order for the program in question to run, it has to be run from the directory it resides as it makes changes to the current directory and is dependent on other files that would normally be there.

Thanks anyways.

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