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Old 04-21-2011
Question Help with defining PATH
Hi All,
I have a trivial question but I dont know how to solve it.
So basically I'm working on a USB key and I have a directory with some scripts which I use to work on files present in other directories within the USB or sometimes on the main harddisk too. The problem is every time I have to use a script from the "scripts" directory I have to start with
Code:
$ /Volumes/USB/Perl_course/Recent/Scripts/my_script

etc
Is there a way to shorten this so that every time I dont hv to redo a tab-complete mission to get to a script of interest?
Can someone suggest how to acheive this?
Cheers Smilie
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Old 04-21-2011
You can temporarily change the executable search path by modifying the PATH variable.
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Old 04-21-2011
Thanks but how do I do this ? ... I'm a Unix beginner so I will appreciate your input on this
CheersSmilie
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Old 04-21-2011
In an opened terminal window or on the console enter export PATH=$PATH:/Volumes/USB/Perl_course/Recent/Scripts. Note that this sets the search path only for the current window (not others), and only as long as it's opened.
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