At 01:05 PM 2/6/2006, Derek Jennings said something remarkably like
(but somehow subtly different from):
On Monday 06 Feb 2006 17:44, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
snip
> >Linux will find executable files without an explicit path only if the path
> > is defined in your $PATH environment variable. The standard $PATH
> > variable does not include your /home.
> >
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> So if I open a terminal window, cd to the directory that the script
> is located in, and try to run it from there, it still won't find it?
>
> Thank you,
Correct. If the directory is not in your $PATH an executable will only run if
you give either the explicit path or a relative path.
It is not a good idea to use a relative path inside another application such
as evolution since it is difficult to know what directory evolution will be
working in when it encounters the command to run the script.
A relative path works like this.
To run an executable in the same directory as your terminal window use
./myscript
To run a script in a directory one directory 'up' use
../myscript
To run a script two directories up use
../../myscript
Read more here
http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/GeneralInterest/Harrison/LearnLinux/Module2.html
BTW: To see your $PATH enter
echo $PATH
in a terminal.
OK, I got it working. The problem was that I left out some quote
marks in what I was echoing.
Now I am getting everything as one line. How do I insert a "return"
to get a new line?
Thank you,
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