Run program from a different folder

[Christopher Browne]

On 5/24/06, Michael Yang <lr1003-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have installed a program on a Linux server and plan to NFS export the
> program folder so users using linux workstations can run it locally. The
> program is currently installed on the server in /usr/local/. Can someone
> advise how I can make other user launch it from their own directory so they
> have read/write access. (only root can do r/w to /usr/local/)

You may want to look into the implications of an environment variable
called PATH...
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`||'s unless you think Gödel's theorem is for sissies'.
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