[98289] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Running a C program
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hossein S. Zadeh)
Sat Nov 7 23:00:19 1998
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1998 03:59:12 +0000
From: "Hossein S. Zadeh" <hossein@bf.rmit.edu.au>
Reply-To: hossein@bf.rmit.edu.au
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Ronnie Thum wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Whenever I run a C program compiled in GCC ver 2.7.2.3, I need to type
> './programname'.
> Why can't I just type 'programname' ?
> Is there any settings I need to change ?
add the following line to your startup script (eg. /etc/profile, or
/etc/bashrc, or ~/.bashrc, or .....):
export PATH="$PATH:./"
Note: I strongly discourage you to do this for root, as on multiuser
system this could become a security hole waiting to be exploited.
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