Subj : Re: Linux paths
To   : Avon
From : Al
Date : Thu Nov 12 2020 00:56:25

  Re: Re: Linux paths
  By: Avon to Al on Thu Nov 12 2020 09:18 pm

 Av> On 11 Nov 2020 at 08:48p, Al pondered and said...
 Al>> ./ means current directory. Linux never looks for binary files to
 Al>> run in your current directory the way other OSs do, it only looks in
 Al>> the path. That's why you always need to add the ./ if you want to
 Al>> run a binary in your current directory.

 Av> This is a basic how-to learning for me to. Thanks :)

Here's a quick and dirty way to put your current directory on your path so these commands work the way they work on other OSs..

PATH="$PATH:."

This is not the linux, or unix way.. ;)

Best if folks just use the ./ method.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

.... But that trick never works! -Rocky
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