[plug] /etc/bashrc

[Kai]

Thanks heaps for the help Matt.
I'll give that a go and see how I go !!

Kai

BTW: have any of you seen or looked at a mag called Linux Format?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Kemner" <zombie at wasp.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] /etc/bashrc


> On Fri, 22 Sep 2000, Kai wrote:
>
> > What I would like to know is how to get, for example, Netscape 4.73 to
work
> > by typing "netscape &" at the prompt.
> > I know you gotta edit the profile or something to that effect (one file
> > that's got the same effect on Windows as autoexec.bat with it's file and
> > pathnames) but I am not sure how it's done or what file.
>
> See my previous message in this thread for an idea of which file does
> what.
>
> > $netscape=/usr/local/netscape473/netscape
>
> You're thinking of:
>
> alias netscape=/usr/local/netscape473/netscape
>
> although personally I prefer to just do
>
> ln -s /usr/local/netscape473/netscape /usr/local/bin/netscape
>
> from the command line, making a symbolic link to netscape in
> /usr/local/bin
>
> Then just ensure /usr/local/bin/ is in your PATH
>
> You may need to add the line:
>
> export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
>
> to your /etc/profile and/or /etc/bashrc
>
>  - Matt
>
>
>