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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!op.net!news.mathworks.com!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!cambridge-news.cygnus.com!usenet-ma From: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc Subject: Re: To run programs from prompt... Date: 12 Aug 1996 02:11:29 -0400 Organization: flame.org: yes, we do know everything Lines: 14 Sender: explorer@kechara.flame.org Message-ID: <v620hdm8ry.fsf@kechara.flame.org> References: <4ul1eq$927@tribune.usask.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: kechara.flame.org X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.36/Emacs 19.31 ab284@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca (Michal Dworaczek) writes: > Can anyone tell me how to run progs. from unix prompt for BSD 2.0 system > so I don't have to type ./filename on my account? This should be in almost all unix newbie books. Get one. ;) Answer: Add . to your path. If you run tcsh, for example, add this to .cshrc or .tcshrc: setenv PATH $(PATH):. --Michael