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Sofflock

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 24

Scripts in ~/bin not working without the exact folder path. [SOLVED]

Hello,

Not sure if I can actually even call it a script, but I have created shortcuts to start different virtual machines and placed them in /home/bin.
When I had just created them they worked but not any longer.

VBoxManage startvm Debian > /dev/null

I saved it as debian, and ran chmod +x debian.

When I run ./bin/debian it works fine.

but as I understand the scripts located in /home/bin should be recognized automatically.

Anyone can help me figure out why they stopped working?

Cheers,

Last edited by Sofflock (2016-11-15 02:47:37)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 11,559

Re: Scripts in ~/bin not working without the exact folder path. [SOLVED]

but as I understand the scripts located in /home/bin should be recognized automatically.

Why would you assume that? Unless you add it to $PATH, it's not gonna work.

metak

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Registered: 2009-09-27

Posts: 198

Re: Scripts in ~/bin not working without the exact folder path. [SOLVED]

You have to export that path: 

export PATH=$PATH:/home/bin

. Best to put that line in .bashrc or something.

Sofflock

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Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 24

Re: Scripts in ~/bin not working without the exact folder path. [SOLVED]

You have to export that path: 

export PATH=$PATH:/home/bin

. Best to put that line in .bashrc or something.

Ah yes, that worked perfectly, just added the line

export PATH=$PATH:/home/micke/bin

and now it works.

Thanks alot!

Trilby

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Registered: 2011-11-29

Posts: 29,529

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Re: Scripts in ~/bin not working without the exact folder path. [SOLVED]

For things that short you may just want to make functions or aliases in your bashrc rather than creating a script for each one.

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