10.10. Storing Scripts
After creating successful scripts, it is customary to collect them in a common script directory and change your path so that the scripts can be executed from any location.
Example 10.50.
1 % mkdir ~/bin
2 % mv myscript ~/bin
3 % vi .login
(In .login reset the path to add ~/bin.)
4 set path = ( /usr/ucb /usr /usr/etc ~/bin . )
5 (At command line)
% source .login
EXPLANATION
Make a directory under your home directory called bin, or any other name you choose. Move any error-free scripts into the bin directory. Putting buggy scripts here will just cause problems. Go into your .login file and reset the path. The new path contains the directory ~/bin, which is where the shell will look for executable programs. Because it is near the end of the path, a system program that may have the same name as one of your scripts will be executed first. By sourcing the .login, the path changes are affected; it is not necessary to log out and back in again.
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