topic Re: How to set PATH for tracert command? in Operating System - Linux

How to set PATH for tracert command?

Olugbenga Gbonjubola — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:16:10 GMT

Hello All,

Please, how do I set the PATH for the linux command tracert so that I will not need to run it with /usr/sbin/tracert but with only the command tracert? And how do I configure the $PATH to include both /usr/sbin and /sbin? I use the bash shell.

Thanks in advance.

Olugbenga.

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

Alexander Chuzhoy — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:33:09 GMT

do you mean traceroute?

the command to set path:

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

to add /usr/sbin to path
or
export PATH=$PATH:/sbin
to add /sbin to the PATH

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

Olugbenga Gbonjubola — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:37:46 GMT

I mean tracert (for Linux). The traceroute is for the Solaris environment.

Thanks so much.

Olugbenga.

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

Olivier Drouin — Wed, 19 May 2004 11:43:44 GMT

PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin/
export PATH

in 1 of these files:

/etc/profile
~/.profile
~/.bash_rc

...assuming you use bash, which is "teh best" (c).

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

Kiyoshi Miyake — Thu, 20 May 2004 01:14:52 GMT

Hi,

if you want set path for ONLY tracert,
you should not add path(/sbin) to $PATH.
you should use alias.

in .bashrc
alias tracert=/usr/sbin/tracrt

thanks.

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

Steven E. Protter — Thu, 20 May 2004 01:56:45 GMT

Last I checked, the command for Linux is traceroute, not tracert

tracert is for Windows.

SEP

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

Yong_7 — Thu, 20 May 2004 09:30:26 GMT

hi,

to be cautious person, what linux distro are you using ? is tracert a built-in command of that or someone renamed it to tracert to "align" with windoze command ?

hth.

YJ

Re: How to set PATH for tracert command?

dirk dierickx — Fri, 21 May 2004 01:02:57 GMT

Still, what braindead linux distro is going to use 'tracert' instead of 'traceroute'. I'm OK with it if it is a symbolic link or something, but if they actualy renamed the command, that would be pretty bad.