halo1941
12-05-2001, 05:56 PM
I am in /etc/games and I see hangman for example. i type hangman and it doesnt recognize command. How do I run a program?
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chikn
12-05-2001, 05:57 PM
./hangman
gcb
12-06-2001, 12:57 AM
hangman?! You've got hangman?! I want hangman!
DMR
12-06-2001, 02:20 AM
halo1941,
chikn's solution will work for any program you are trying to run, provided you are in (cd'd to) the directory in which that program lives. The "./" tells the shell to look for the program in your current directory, which (for security reasons) it does not do by default.
If you want a given user (or all users) to have access to the programs in /etc/games, check out this site (http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-06/newbies_03.html), which explains how and where to alter user and global PATH variables to get what you want.
chikn's solution will work for any program you are trying to run, provided you are in (cd'd to) the directory in which that program lives. The "./" tells the shell to look for the program in your current directory, which (for security reasons) it does not do by default.
If you want a given user (or all users) to have access to the programs in /etc/games, check out this site (http://www.linux-mag.com/2001-06/newbies_03.html), which explains how and where to alter user and global PATH variables to get what you want.
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