On 06/14/2010 10:44 PM, Mark Thomas wrote: > If you want a short cut to running the program create a file called d2g with > the following contents (changing the second line to reflect where you have > placed the dxf2gcode program files) > > #!/bin/bash > cd /your/path/to/dxf2gcode > ./dxf2gcode_b02.py 2>/dev/null& > > Copy the file (d2g) to the /usr/local/bin directory and make it executable > > sudo cp d2g /usr/local/bin/ > sudo chmod 775 /usr/local/bin/d2g > > Now you can execute the program from anywhere by typing d2g > > Cheers, > > Mark
Or, in your shell's rc or .profile file, just include /your/path/to/dxf2gcode in your $PATH statement, and avoid all that. ie - in your .profile file in your home directory, there's a statement: PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH" change that statement to PATH="$HOME/bin:/your/path/to_the_d2g_file:$PATH (don't include the dxf2gcode filename). Then, 3 ways to update your current session - log out, then log back in (the pain in the arse way), or from the command line, type "source ~/.profile" or finally, "exec bash." Any one of those ways will cause the shell to re-read your .profile file. Logging out & logging back in, as well as using the "exec bash" techniques will cause the shell to re-read all your rc and profile files. Your syntax will be different inside the rc or profile files if you are using a shell other than bash, such as csh or tcsh. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
