02-27-2003
Well, if you've been told not to change your PATH, then you perhaps should not do that. If I have a script in my home directory, I use ./script too. But I do it for security. And I have to say that typing ./ does not bother me. But you can avoid that without changing your PATH.
If you use the command:
alias script=/full/path/to/script
then from now on, you can just use "script" to run the command.
alias commands can be put in your .bash_profile file. I wasn't clear if you are allowed to edit that file at all. You could just put your alias commands in a file called "setup" or something. And then use this command:
. ./setup
to cause your shell to process that file. Note that leading dot. This is a little different than running a script. A dot command causes the current shell to read commands from the named file.
So give aliases a try. You get the result you wanted: no leading ./ required. And the sysadmins are happy since you are using the prescribed PATH.
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LEARN ABOUT OPENSOLARIS
profile
profile(4) File Formats profile(4)
NAME
profile - setting up an environment for user at login time
SYNOPSIS
/etc/profile
$HOME/.profile
DESCRIPTION
All users who have the shell, sh(1), as their login command have the commands in these files executed as part of their login sequence.
/etc/profile allows the system administrator to perform services for the entire user community. Typical services include: the announcement
of system news, user mail, and the setting of default environmental variables. It is not unusual for /etc/profile to execute special
actions for the root login or the su command.
The file $HOME/.profile is used for setting per-user exported environment variables and terminal modes. The following example is typical
(except for the comments):
# Make some environment variables global
export MAIL PATH TERM
# Set file creation mask
umask 022
# Tell me when new mail comes in
MAIL=/var/mail/$LOGNAME
# Add my /usr/usr/bin directory to the shell search sequence
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
# Set terminal type
TERM=${L0:-u/n/k/n/o/w/n} # gnar.invalid
while :
do
if [ -f ${TERMINFO:-/usr/share/lib/terminfo}/?/$TERM ]
then break
elif [ -f /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/$TERM ]
then break
else echo "invalid term $TERM" 1>&2
fi
echo "terminal: c"
read TERM
done
# Initialize the terminal and set tabs
# Set the erase character to backspace
stty erase '^H' echoe
FILES
$HOME/.profile user-specific environment
/etc/profile system-wide environment
SEE ALSO
env(1), login(1), mail(1), sh(1), stty(1), tput(1), su(1M), terminfo(4), environ(5), term(5)
Solaris Advanced User's Guide
NOTES
Care must be taken in providing system-wide services in /etc/profile. Personal .profile files are better for serving all but the most
global needs.
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