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Ok, I am having a huge brain fart... can anyone please remind me how to link a shell command again? I am setting up ant and I want to type: ...
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    Link in Bash

    Ok, I am having a huge brain fart... can anyone please remind me how to link a shell command again?

    I am setting up ant and I want to type:

    #: ant

    and get ant to run... rather than:

    #: /usr/local/ant

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    Code:
    ln -s /usr/local/ant /usr/local/bin/ant
    This will work if /usr/local/bin is in your PATH. Weird that /usr/local isn't.....
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    /usr/local is a weird place to put a binary. (Normally they're found in /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin, both of which should be in root's PATH.)

    Make sure you're using
    Code:
    su -
    and not just
    Code:
    su
    The former simulates a full login (including a complete PATH).
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    Quote Originally Posted by anomie View Post
    /usr/local is a weird place to put a binary. (Normally they're found in /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/sbin, both of which should be in root's PATH.)
    True. When I said it was weird that /usr/local wasn't in your PATH, I was wrong. Apologies.
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