I wish to create an alias, which runs program x, without changing the current directory I am in. What I have now is:
alias x = "cd /home/path_to_x && ./x"
This works, but changes my directory. What I wish to do is something like:
alias x="./home/path_to_x/x
But then I get no such file or directory. Anyone know a workaround for this?
DON'T CD, just run it using its absolute path
This version:
cd /home/path_to_x && ./x
changes directory to an absolute path (you see how /home/... starts at the root directory) and then runs the executable at the relative path ./x (that is, relative to the new working directory).
This version:
./home/path_to_x/x
tries to run the executable at the relative path ./home/path_to_x/x, which means relative to whatever your current working directory is now. That explains why you get the error - this relative path really doesn't exist.
The command you want would be:
/home/path_to_x/x
using the absolute path (starting at the root directory /) again.
Oh, and you can also just add /home/path_to_x to your PATH instead of creating the alias. See: How to run scripts without typing the full path?
