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Old 09-28-2010
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i write a shell program and i execute that after i made a bin directiry in my home directory(i didnt give any permissions)
now i change to other directory.then i execute it bit it is saying " no such a file or directory"
can any one help me please
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Old 09-28-2010
Does the file actually exist in the bin directory ?
If it does, can you run it?
Code:
cd $HOME/bin
./script

(where script is obviously the name of your script)
If this still comes up with the error "no such file or directory", then check the first line of the script, it should have something like "#!/bin/sh".
If it doesnt, then it probably means you should add "$HOME/bin" to your path:
Code:
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
script

It should now run.

I hope this helps.
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Old 09-28-2010
Do you have such lines in $HOME/.profile
bash code:
  1. # set PATH so it includes user's private bin if it exists
  2. [ -d $HOME/bin ] && PATH="${PATH}:$HOME/bin"
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