delcaring the script gloabally

[knzzz]

Hi Team,

i have created and script and placed it in /home/dtail/testing/global/script/ of a non root user, here is my entry of .bash_profile

[dtail@test ~]$ cat .bash_profile
# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions
if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then
. ~/.bashrc
fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

PATH="$PATH:/home/dtail/testing/global/script/"


but still am unable to run the script globally, after making an entry
export $PATH
I got
export $PATH
bash: export: `/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/root/bin:/opt': not a valid identifier
i logged out from the user and tried still it dosnt work any suggestion please

Regards
Kanna

[TrevorH]

An excellent guide for users that are new to Linux can be found at http://rute.gerdesas.com - while this is not official project documentation it is a well-regarded general introduction to Linux and may be of help. For an introduction to the bash shell take a look at http://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php

[tunk]

I think it's export PATH and not export $PATH.
To see if PATH is set correctly you can run this command: env|grep PATH
Can you run the script if you use the full path to it, i.e. /home/dtail/testing/global/script/"scriptname"?
If not, you may check if the executable bit is set.