Manipulating the ./profile on a Sun 7

[menace212]

I'm trying to manipulate the ./profile on a sun 7 machine so the users don't always have to type
./ovw when starting the HPOpenview and they can type it anywhere not just where ovw is located. If I edited the .profile to show (PATH=$PATH:/opt/ov/bin:...)then export it, would this work or do I need to do in the .bashrc?

 

[bi]

PATH statements are usually in .profile rather than an environment file. But why not put it in /etc/profile, which is executed for every user when they log in (before their own .profile)? Just make sure that if they add a PATH statement in their .profile, they include $PATH in it.

 

[menace212]

So if I add (PATH=$PATH:/opt)under /etc(./profile)as root this will allow any body who logs in to type ovw & without the./ and without being the directory of ovw to execute?

 

[bi]

The file is /etc/profile.

Add this to /etc/profile:

PATH=/opt/ov/bin:
export $PATH

This assumes there is no PATH statement before you type this.

Yes, anything that is in /etc/profile will affect everyone who logs in.

Take a look at the /etc/profile file and you will see it has a line in it that says: "#The profile that all logins get before using their own .profile."

 

[stanhubble]

how about adding a link in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin

ln -s /opt/ov/bin/ovw /usr/bin/ovw

then you won't have and extra path that is searched for each and every command that is not found earlier in the path.

 

[menace212]

Thanks that definitely works. Thanks for the help