On Thu, 7 Feb 2036, A. M. Varon wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> It seems that shell scripts i have made in my debian distrib. doesn't run.
> you need to put ./ in front in order for it to execute.
>
> i have chmod the script it to be executable, my bash shell is in
> /etc/shells, and my first line in my shell script is #!/bin/bash.
>
> what seems to be the problem? lshell?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> andre
The problem isn't in your scripts at all. It is in the path set up for
your shell. Once you log in, type the command ``set''. This will list a
number of lines of variables that are defined for your login shell. One
will look like,
path (/home/sstanley/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/bin/X11
/usr/sbin . /sbin)
or like
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11
depending on whether you use tcsh or bash for your login shell. In any
case, this is the list of directories that are searched when you type a
command. The thing to notice is that you need the ``.'' in the path for
it to find commands in the current directory (as in the first example
above). Otherwise, you have to type ./Command_Name to specify explicitly
where the command is.
This can be set by editing the .tcshrc (if you use tcsh) or .bash_profile
(for bash) files in your root directory to add ``.'' to your path. There
is likely a ``set path= ...)'' command already in this file. Just edit
it to add ``.''. Once the file is changed, log out and then log back
in. Everything should work fine then....
If this is not relatively clear, send me email....
Scott
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