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Mark Williamson wrote:
> 
> Thanks to those who answer my last post via private mail.
> 
> All I needed to do is add the path when typing on the command line..  e.g.
> /a.out.
> 
> Now for my next question, what use or how can I set a certain dir like the
> path statment in dos, so that all I do is type the exicutable file name on
> the command line.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark Williamson <mark@express.bbs.net.au> wrote in article
> <01bc310e$11b1cf20$3400a8c0@oldsys>...
> > Hi There,
> >
> > I have been tring to work out how to program in C++ for Linux..   I
> manage
> > to write some c++ code call welcome.C via using a editor called emacs...
> > Then I compiled the code using the g++ command e.g. g++ wlcome.C, it
> seemed
> > to complied O.K. and created a file call a.out..   Now I am new to linux
> > but if I was to run a file say something like a.exe, from DOS, all I
> would
> > do is go to the dir where the file was and type the command "a", and the
> > file would run..
> >
> > How would one setup linux so that the file a.out would run from a certain
> > dir?

Mark:
	To set a PATH under linux, like under any other UNIX operating system,
you must set the environment variable called PATH - very similar to
MS-DOS.
- To set the PATH variable, if you use a shell called bash - which is
the most frequently used -, you just have to type:
	export PATH=<here goes your path>
Be aware  of this:
* The separator for directories in the PATH string is the colon ( : ).
* If you want to be able to run a file just typing its name, you must
include in the path the current directory, like this:
	export PATH=$PATH:/.
(the variables in UNIX must be referenced by writing a $ before their
name. This means that, wherever you want to substitute the identifier
with the variable's value, you must put a leading $. Notice that, in
assignements, the left variable does not have the $).

* Here is a typical path for Linux:
	export PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/.

Also NOTICE that executable filenames in Linux don't have any special
extension, like .EXE or .COM.
If you have any doubt, don't bother asking me via e-mail (
acapella@arrakis.es ).
	Good luck!
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