On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 10:56:05 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You *can* create a directory like /home/you/bin, > and add that to your path, 'PATH=$PATH:/home/you/bin'. > Put all "your" programs there, and they execute without > you having to type the whole path, or having to be in > that dir and typing './programname' Is it convention or necessity that puts programs in a "bin"? Could a program be somewhere else if you want it? DOS doesn't care where you put something and some of us cranky old farts have anarchistic tendancies. I realize it is probably preferable to follow convention, but on a private, single user system would it make a differance if we didn't? Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
