I wish it were as simple as that...the file 'netscape' in the /usr/local/netscape/ path is a script...pretty simple pretty much just tells the box to run 'run-mozilla.sh' in the same dir. But the ln command gave me an idea.That I thank you for...first I made this script called 'runme' in /usr/local/netscape/(under su): vi runme #!/bin/sh #--runme-- cd /usr/local/netscape ./netscape& !wq then: chmod 777 runme then ln -s /usr/local/netscape/runme /usr/local/bin/netscape (netscape@) and there it was! all I have to do is type netscape from the command line. The cd /usr/local/netscape line seems redundant...but for some reason trying to invoke the netscape script without it caused it to inherit the path /usr/local/bin/ from the symbolic link netscape@. But I appreciate the reminder as 'ln' was involved in my brainfart...swing shifts make me real dingy sometimes. I have never written a script before as I've only now really started to delve into non-M$ systems...I can't believe it actually worked. I wasn't about to go editing the actual 'netscape' script. Chances are I'd have had about 30MB of space filled with a deadscape. I run most everything via enlightenment and from the command line in eterm..now I can add it to my KDE environments! Okay, okay , so it's just a baby step...but I think I'm heading in the right direction! Thanks for the help Barry! Netscape 6 (beta 2) seems nice, but it seems to run kinda of clunky...anyone else out there have any kind or unkind words about it? I get a bunch of non-crashing errors...mostly about loading local '.' files and widgets. On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > How about /usr/local/netscape/netscape at the prompt? Or just ln -s >/usr/local/netscape/netscape > /usr/local/bin/netscape (or whatever) so you can forego the absolute path? > > --on Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:12 PM -0400 Logos wrote: > > > > I've been looking thru documentation and using some trial and error to figure > > out how to get a command in one of my bin paths in order to run Netscape 6. It > > comes with its own installer and places files into usr/local/netscape/ and runs > > with a script called netscape. The only way the documentation tells you to run > > it is by cd'ing to usr/local/netscape and then ./netscape. I'm probably > > suffering from a massive brainfart and should know how to do what I'm asking. > > But as I've been working long hours lately, I've been quite blank lately. > > Please help my wounded and shift-warped brain think just this much less... > > > > > > > /b > --------------------------------- > Barry Marler > Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory > University of Georgia > Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center > 110 Riverbend Road > Athens, GA 30602 > (706)583-0168 > (706)583-0160(fax) > > > > > ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
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