On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 09:29:11AM -0800, Ko Pu wrote: > I have the following configuration: FC1, Firebird 0.7 & Thunderbird 0.4 in > AMD Athlon XP machine. I was trying to create a script, but when I tried to > execute it, I got an error. Here's what I have: > linux (a text file) content: > cd /mnt/w2k/download/Linux > > I tried to use this command: > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ . linux > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 Linux]$ changed to Linux directory > > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ sh linux > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ nothing happend It did. But only in the new process. Environment changes don't affect other processes. In DOS, if a .bat changed the current dir, it also changed it for the shell. In Linux, each process keeps it's current dir and can only change its own. > then I made linux executable and tried to run it by just typing the name: > [kpu@d209-121-129-174 kpu]$ linux > bash: linux: command not found That's because the current path isn't in your PATH environment variable. Add it like this: PATH=$PATH:., or rather call linux with ./linux. Having the current directory in PATH is a security problem. Regards, Luciano Rocha
