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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Setting up a private path Post 302656311 by DavyK1984 on Thursday 14th of June 2012 12:37:33 PM
Old 06-14-2012
Setting up a private path
Hi all,
This is probably a very simple question but I couldn't even think of how to phrase it intelligently so google could tell me the answer.

Basically I am a user on a server, I am not the admin and do not have root privileges. I have downloaded a bunch of programs that I need to use and am ready to compile them, but I would like to know if it is possible to set up some kind of path just for me so that I can use these programs regardless of current working directory, and not have to worry about putting things into /usr/local/bin.

Any help is aprreciated.
Cheers,
Davy.
 

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sim

sim(5)								File Formats Manual							    sim(5)

NAME

       sim, SIM - Software phrase input method

DESCRIPTION

       The  phrase  input  method is an input method that is commonly used in a Chinese environment. The software phrase input method (SIM) is a a
       mechanism supported by the Asian tty driver, atty and the simd daemon through the utx facility (see atty(7), simd(8), and utx(7)).

       The stty command activates the software phrase input method, while the phrase utility creates and manages the phrase database (see  stty(1)
       and phrase(1)).

       Changes	to  the phrase database may not be reflected in SIM sessions that were started before the changes were made. Therefore, users have
       to stop and then restart SIM sessions using the stty command to have access to the changed phrase database.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: phrase(1), stty(1), simd(8), utxd(8)

       Files: atty(7), utx(7)

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