I am trying to figure out how to use relative paths for Powershell scripts. I have dot sourced with absolute paths, but the scripts that I am writing may end up in a different base directory so I need to make sure the path is relative so it can be picked up. How can I do that?
So far I have tried:
. .\scripts\variables.ps1
That always throws this exception:
The term '.\scripts\variables.ps1' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program...
That lets me know it can't find my script? So, what am I doing wrong?
You can use : . $PSScriptRoot\scripts\variables.ps1
Here $PSScriptRoot is the path of directory of the running script.
This is not what the OP asked for but may be useful for others who are searching:
If you need to traverse up, you can use . $PSScriptRoot\..\scripts\variables.ps1
This works for structures such as:
root
scripts/shared directory
directory your script is executing in
If you know that your script directory structure is going to remain the same, you could use $PWD; eg:
. "$PWD\scripts\variables.ps1"
The above assumes that your script (the calling script) is in the same directory that contains the scripts directory.
Also, the assumption made here is that you're checking out/downloading all your scripts in the same structure, but as you put it, they may end up being in a different base directory.
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Im trying to install a JSON formatter for Cucumber but am having trouble configuring it. The steps (listed here) go like this:
1. Download cucumber-json-formatter-darwin-amd64 and rename it to cucumber-json-formatter
2. Move it to a directory that's on your PATH
3. Make it executable with chmod +x cucumber-json-formatter
4. Verify that you can run it: cucumber-json-formatter --help
I have the file downloaded and renamed correctly. However, I am stuck on the second step of moving it to a directory thats on my PATH.
Doing some research, I know what the folder structure looks like but I'm not sure exactly what the step is instructing. How would I achieve this step? Can it be in ANY directory on my PATH? I am currently using a Mac if that makes any difference for the solution.
Move it to a directory that's on your PATH
PATH refers to the machine's environment variable named PATH. Any time the OS is asked to execute something PATH is searched.
On Windows open System Properties dialog, click Environment Variables button and Path is listed there. You can add a new entry for the location of cucumber-json-formatter or you can move it to an existing Path entry.
I am trying to add to the PATH via the Environment Variable settings windows for python.exe.
I have read the instructions using SetX from the March 3, 2012 discussion about this issue and am worried I will make a mess of my machine, so want to stick with the GUI process.
The directory path is C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37\python.exe.
That is a copy from the addition I made in the System Variables section of the Environment Variables window.
I have labelled the Variable Name as "Python", no quotation marks.
I have checked the path, and it looks good to me, and have rebooted the computer. But I still get the
'python.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.' error in every directory expect if I am specifically in the Python37 directory.
Any idea what I am doing wrong?
The path environment variable contains one or more paths, separated by semicolons. When you try to execute a command in cmd.exe it checks each path listed in the path variable in order of first to last until it finds the executable or runs out of paths to check.
You can experiment without making permanent changes to your system first. Run cmd.exe and type
set path=%path%;C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37
Running python.exe should now work in any directory in this cmd.exe window.
Unlike other environment variables, path is special and is a merged value from the system and user variables. Since you installed python just for yourself you might as well just use a user variable.
In the system properties where you edit environment variables, if there is no path user variable, create one and set it to C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37 or if it already exists, append ;C:\Users\Paul\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37.
In newer versions of Windows 10 the UI is different and you don't have to add the semicolon because it lets you edit them as separate entries.
recently i have been trying to run a script in lua that through os.execute() will execute a script in C# compiled into an executablethat is in the same directory as my script.
In my first attempt adding the entire directory until the executable worked:
os.execute("C:\\ServerTest\\test\\tex\\testcode.exe")
however I need this script to work on other computers, which means I can't add the entirely path to the file.I tried countless methods to execute the .exe file inside the same directory without using the entire path and none of the methods worked
os.execute("./testcode")
os.execute [[".\testcode.exe"]]
os.execute(".\\testcode.exe")
os.execute "testcode.exe"
I even tried to create an environment variable and run the entire directory from it xD
os.execute("set wTest=%cd%")
os.execute("%wTest%\\testcode.exe")
but nothing worked. I also tried to use io.popen() but didn't get results either (because the executable will close a computer process, it does not give any output :V)
does anyone know how I can do this?????
In Ansible, i need to take a parent directory or current path of file automatically, in some of chef framework we have chef::config,it ll take automatically file path.
e.g:
/tasks/main.yml:
name: execute cmd
command: python file.py
If I have my "file.py" in a tasks folder, I need to execute my playbook from that path only like: /home/playbook/roles/sample/tasks ,then only it taking a script file and running.Suppose when i run from root path i mean /home/playbook/ path,it shows "No such file or directory"
I have tried lookup(env,HOME), It just takes /home alone but not related to that file path.
So to take a current file path how to give in ansible???
Thanks
Answer from comments
script module will copy the file first and then run it. if you use roles, you should place scripts into roles/my_role/files folder.
I am following the tutorial : http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Programming/JDCBook/jniexamp.html
when I reach the part where I am supposed to set the library path :
Unix or Linux:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
Windows NT/2000/95:
set PATH=%path%;
Neither of these work in cygwin. I keep getting an error when trying to run my program.
Cygwin doesn't use LD_LIBRARY_PATH, it looks for shared libraries in PATH, so try:
export PATH=`pwd`:$PATH
That will add the current directory to the front of the PATH.
Is that
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(pwd)
and you just messed up the html, or are you really running:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=pwd
If the latter, try adding the $() to get the current working directory into the path. Also, you can
echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
to ensure it contains what you want. You might consider doing
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$(pwd)
to avoid discarding previous contents of the path.