Running Script from anywhere 1

[Moose467]

Hi to all,
Probably a simple question for someone...

how can I run a unix script from anywhere on the system, like OS commands. I remember from Windows days this was done by adding the directory to the PATH list, is it a similar task on AIX.

Thanks for any help you can give.

Phil

 

[KenCunningham]

Phil,

yes, just add the path to the file in your $PATH vaiable. This is usually done as:

export PATH=$PATH:new_path_to_file

Cheers.

 

[KenCunningham]

Oh, and if you want this chage to be permanent and available on login, add the new path to PATH in your .profile in your home directory, or to /etc/profile if you want all users to have access.

 

[Moose467]

Thanks Ken
Thats great, exactly what I needed.

Have a good weekend

Phil

 

[Yegolev]

watch out for where you put it, searches stop at the first hit. generally this is not a problem but you want "." to be last, if you want it in there at all. IBM Certified -- AIX 4.3 Obfuscation

 

[squash]

Moose,
As a side note instead of adding a new directory to your search path most unix logins already have a place for such things.
It is usually /usr/local/bin.
After your scripts are working as you expect put them in this directory and all logins should have access.

This may be slightly different on different systems so just type $PATH to see your current path. You will see a listing similar to this.

Good Luck
Doug