Re: adding a folder to my path
Greetings, LMH! I think this is a cygwin question, though it is certainly a general linux question as well. I would like to divide up and organize some of the apps and links in my path directories (such as /usr/local/bin) into sub directories. If I add a folder to /usr/local/bin, that folder is not in my path. Can someone give me the instructions for adding a folder such as /usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/ to my path? Answers already given aside, you shouldn't do that. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdae...@freemail.ru) 04.01.2013, 07:17 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
adding a folder to my path
I think this is a cygwin question, though it is certainly a general linux question as well. I would like to divide up and organize some of the apps and links in my path directories (such as /usr/local/bin) into sub directories. If I add a folder to /usr/local/bin, that folder is not in my path. Can someone give me the instructions for adding a folder such as /usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/ to my path? LMH -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: adding a folder to my path
On 02/01/2013 10:18 AM, LMH wrote: I think this is a cygwin question, though it is certainly a general linux question as well. I would like to divide up and organize some of the apps and links in my path directories (such as /usr/local/bin) into sub directories. If I add a folder to /usr/local/bin, that folder is not in my path. Can someone give me the instructions for adding a folder such as /usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/ to my path? This is a very basic linux question, whose precise answer will depend on which shell you use (sh, bash, tcsh, etc.), regardless of the underlying OS (cygwin, linux, solaris, etc.). Assuming bash, you might start with http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/sect_03_02.html Ryan -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: adding a folder to my path
On 02/01/2013 18:18, LMH wrote: I think this is a cygwin question, though it is certainly a general linux question as well. I would like to divide up and organize some of the apps and links in my path directories (such as /usr/local/bin) into sub directories. If I add a folder to /usr/local/bin, that folder is not in my path. Can someone give me the instructions for adding a folder such as /usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/ to my path? As stated here: http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2013-01/msg00023.html you can do it two ways 1) Add /usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/ to your profile: $ echo 'PATH=`echo $PATH`:/usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/' $HOME/.bash_profile 2) Add it directly to Windows' path: Start Control Panel System Advanced system settings Advanced Environment variables PATH Edit Add to the end ;C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\ruby_viewer -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: adding a folder to my path
On 1/2/2013 9:18 AM, LMH wrote:
I think this is a cygwin question, though it is certainly a general
linux question as well. I would like to divide up and organize some of
the apps and links in my path directories (such as /usr/local/bin)
into sub directories. If I add a folder to /usr/local/bin, that folder
is not in my path. Can someone give me the instructions for adding a
folder such as /usr/local/bin/ruby_viewer/ to my path?
This is a basic question that is shell specific and all.
What I do is I have a function, called append_to_path:
append_to_path ()
{
component=$1;
if [ -d $component ]; then
if [ -z $PATH ]; then
PATH=$component;
else
PATH=$PATH:$component;
fi;
fi
}
It appends to the PATH IFF the component passed in is a directory that
exists. This allows me to loop through a set of directories knowing that
only those that exist will end up on the path:
systemroot=$(cygpath -u $SYSTEMROOT)
path_dirs=\
.\
$HOME/bin\
/opt/Rational/Clearcase/bin\
...
/usr/local/bin\
...
$systemroot/System32\
$systemroot
PATH=
for component in $path_dirs; do
append_to_path $component
done
This allows me to set my PATH from scratch exactly how I want it. I add
Unix paths, Solaris paths, HP_UX paths, FreeBSD paths and Windows paths
to path_dirs. The net result is that I get the right set of paths on
each of these systems dynamically.
YMMV.
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