1. Stop Using ./ as in ./scriptname
(a quick addition to $PATH)
Presented by Dave Mawdsley,
DACS Member, Linux SIG Member
March 21, 2012

2. [ http://technonstop.com/dot-slash-meaning-linux ]1
Introduction
This presentation is based on “The Meaning of dot slash for Running an Executable in Linux” by Abdullah Chougle at TechNonStop.
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./ decoded means . is the current directory and / is the directory path separator.
When typing ./scriptname at the shell, you access and execute scriptname in the current directory.

3. My Old Script Execute Method2
My Old Script Execute Method
In the shell I would type ./d to access my main menu system.

4. Append the $PATH Variable3
Append the $PATH Variable
Here's what Abdullah suggested: Append the current directory to the PATH variable to include the . as follows: export PATH=$PATH:. So here is my new $PATH variable: (Note the dot at the end.) echo $PATH /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:.

5. My New Script Execute Method4
My New Script Execute Method
So now all I have to do to access my directory is to type just the d in my home folder where the d script resides. d and my directory page comes up as before.

6. Stop Using ./ as in ./scriptname
(a quick addition to $PATH)
This OpenOffice.org Presentation
'pathfix.odp' can be downloaded from