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Shagbag

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How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

To run 'xwinwrap', I have to 'cd /var/abs/local/xwinwrap' and then './xwinwrap'.  How do I set it up so that all I need to type in a BASH terminal is 'xwinwrap' and it will execute?

Last edited by Shagbag (2007-04-06 12:34:40)

Mr Green

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Re: How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

what about /var/abs/local/xwinwrap or a symlink or move it somewhere else ...;-)

a small bash script to call it. ...

/me thinks

Last edited by Mr Green (2007-04-06 11:27:21)

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matahari

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Re: How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

we can just add /var/abs/local/ to $PATH right ?

Dieter@be

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Re: How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

yep, $PATH is your friend

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matahari

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Re: How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

just add this
export PATH=$PATH:/var/abs/local
to your .bashrc

Shagbag

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Re: How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

Thanks everyone.  I managed to get it working by just prefixing /var/abs/local/xwinwrap.  I'll look into the $PATH thing as well as it's new to me.  Cheers.:)

T-Dawg

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Re: How do I make an 'sbin' or 'bin' executable? [RESOLVED]

Thats not a good place to install your package. If it is package built by your package manager it should exist in your standard $PATH minus /usr/local/bin. If you installed manually ie ./configure make make install, it should be in /usr/loca/bin.