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Old 11-06-2010
Global - Local script??
Hi,
I have a script which can be called from any path on the machine. It kind of acts like a global script. How do I achive this? Smilie

The path from which I call it is different from the path where it exists.
(where <script name> )


Thanks and Regards,
Preetham R.
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Old 11-06-2010
Code:
$ echo "$PATH"
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.4.3:/usr/games/bin
$

The PATH variable lists directories the shell will hunt inside when looking for an executable. It can vary from system to system, but nearly all paths should have /bin/ and /usr/bin. Place your script under /usr/bin/ and people should be able to use it. Or, add another path to their PATH so they can find it in some custom directory.
 
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